Bug 433561 – Please add a possibility of setting repository name in layout.conf/repos.conf

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Michał Górny 2012-08-31 18:47:07 UTC]

Currently, the repository names are set explicitly in profiles/repo_name. This is very inconvenient when working with partial checkout of gentoo-x86 CVS which needs to be renamed not to collide with main (complete) gentoo-x86 repository.

Firstly, please add a key for repository name for metadata/layout.conf file. This seems like a better location for it, and it will allow me to use echangelog in profiles/ without constantly removing 'repo_name' from modified files.

Secondly, it would be great if that key could be altered from within repos.conf; possibly by specifying the affected repository through its path. In other words, have:

    [/usr/src/gx86]
    repo_name = gentoo-cvs

Without altering the original repository.

[Comment 1 Michał Górny 2013-02-12 00:04:39 UTC]

Zac, ping. Could we do this, please? I need this for local gx86 checkout. Otherwise, I have to make sure not to commit changed repo_name every time I commit in profiles...

[Comment 2 Zac Medico 2013-02-12 00:11:03 UTC]

Yeah, it's definitely doable. However, since PMS says profiles/repo_name is required, we should hide it behind a profile-formats value (like bug #414961).

[Comment 3 Michał Górny 2013-02-12 00:24:13 UTC]

I think if layout.conf would just override the profiles value, it'd be fine as-is.

[Comment 4 Brian Harring (RETIRED) 2013-02-12 10:41:23 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> I think if layout.conf would just override the profiles value, it'd be fine
> as-is.

I'd avoid that route frankly.  profiles/repo_name was a bad notion forced in at the time; just set a format marker for the repository in layout.conf and store the name there- no fallback machinery.  Fallback just makes things a PITA.

[Comment 5 Michał Górny 2013-02-12 10:56:41 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > I think if layout.conf would just override the profiles value, it'd be fine
> > as-is.
> 
> I'd avoid that route frankly.  profiles/repo_name was a bad notion forced in
> at the time; just set a format marker for the repository in layout.conf and
> store the name there- no fallback machinery.  Fallback just makes things a
> PITA.

I can leave with that as long as it won't make repoman do something weird when committing to the repo :P.

[Comment 6 Brian Harring (RETIRED) 2013-02-12 21:10:47 UTC]

(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #3)
> > > I think if layout.conf would just override the profiles value, it'd be fine
> > > as-is.
> > 
> > I'd avoid that route frankly.  profiles/repo_name was a bad notion forced in
> > at the time; just set a format marker for the repository in layout.conf and
> > store the name there- no fallback machinery.  Fallback just makes things a
> > PITA.
> 
> I can leave with that as long as it won't make repoman do something weird
> when committing to the repo :P.

Well, if you were to write the patch, you could ensure it behaved.  Hint hint. ;)

[Comment 7 Zac Medico 2013-03-29 21:45:06 UTC]

This is fixed in git:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=da471fa9a131f3bb99941ef315f187b8772a3d7f

[Comment 8 Zac Medico 2013-04-01 19:02:57 UTC]

This is fixed in 2.1.11.60 and 2.2.0_alpha171.

[Comment 9 SpanKY 2013-04-03 02:48:12 UTC]

(In reply to comment #7)

missing documentation in the man page though

[Comment 10 Zac Medico 2013-04-03 03:13:22 UTC]

(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> 
> missing documentation in the man page though

Fixed:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=e0a1cd8432b4c528fb47a7229002c5a3b468039e