TIP Easy cleaning of package.keywords
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[edit] A even more totally new approach
Since 0.6.2, eix can do all this on its own, with -t and -T parameters. Consult man eix on usage details.
[edit] Easy script for cleaning of /etc/portage/package.keywords
Do you know that problem: After syncing your tree, you have to check every entry in /etc/portage/package.keywords if is has gone stable. I wrote a simple script which take all entries in /etc/portage/package.keywords and uses EiX to check the packages. It displays the entries you don't need anymore. It's rather dumb, so you better check the results of the script.
Warning: you have to put 'LOCAL_PORTAGE_CONFIG=false' in /etc/eixrc for eix to provide the right output. this option prevents eix from "masking the output" with the contents of /etc/portage/*, it displays the values purely from you portage tree.
| Code: Script to clean /etc/portage/package.* |
#!/bin/sh
echo "## Cleaning out package.keywords..."
atoms=`cat /etc/portage/package.keywords | grep -P "^[a-z]*\-[a-z]*\/.*~x86$" | sed 's/\s*~x86$//'`
for i in $atoms
do
cat=`echo $i | sed 's/\/.*//'`
atom=`echo $i | sed 's/.*\///'`
installedversion=`eix -C $cat -e $atom | grep Installed | sed 's/.*\s\([^\s]*\)$/\1/'`
availableversions=`eix -C $cat -e $atom | grep Available`
if [ "$installedversion" == "" ]; then
echo "$cat/$atom : Problem!"
else
result=`echo $availableversions | grep -P "\s$installedversion(\s|\[)"`
if [ ! "$result" == "" ]; then
echo "$cat/$atom : not needed in package.keywords!";
fi
fi
done
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[edit] A totally new approach
I looked at the code above and didn't understand it and what a better way to understand the code, then to rewrite the whole script? It turned out that you can very easily check for a *little* more than the script above and also fix a few eventualities the above script doesn't think of (eg. comments in a file). There are certain things you should be aware of, if you use this (or the above) script, non of which are dangerous:
- I use eix 0.5.1 which is still ~x86. 0.5.0 has problems with package.mask, some packages (all related to modular xorg) appear unmasked, when in fact they are still masked. eix 0.5.1 fixes this.
- As the above script it requires the line 'LOCAL_PORTAGE_CONFIG=false' in either ~/.eixrc or /etc/eixrc
- On multislotted packages (eg. gcc or gtk+) this script only checks the newest version. If the entry in package.mask or package.keyword is for the lower version (eg. some gcc 3.3 or gtk+ 1.2) it will still tell you it has gone stable because the higher installed version is no longer (or never has been) masked or marked unstable.
- On my other machine, which happens to be an Athlon64, grep for some reason doesn't support pcre (perl compatible regular expressions). Simply replace all "grep -P" with "pcregrep".
This script checks in both package.mask and package.keywords if
- The package itself is still in portage (or any overlay)
- The package is installed
- The specific version is still in portage
- The version of the package that is installed is now stable
Well enough blabla, here is the script:
| Code: Script to clean /etc/portage/package.* |
#!/bin/bash
echo "## Showing useless entries in package.keywords..."
while read line; do
# skip empty or commented out lines
if [[ $(echo $line | grep ^[^\#$]) == "" ]]; then
continue
fi
# parse the entry from the file
category=`echo $line | cut -d" " -f1 | sed -e 's/^[<>=]*//' -e 's/\/.*//'`
package=`echo $line | cut -d" " -f1 | sed -e 's/^[<>=]*[a-z]*\-[a-z]*\///' -e 's/\-[0-9].*$//'`
# parse the output of eix
installed_version=`eix --format '{installedversions}<installedversions>{else}none{}' -C $category -e $package | head -n 1`
available_versions=`eix --format '<availableversions>' -C $category -e $package | head -n 1`
if [[ "$installed_version" == "" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package: Package does not exist (or a problem occured)"
continue
fi
if [[ "$installed_version" == "none" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package: Package is not installed"
continue
fi
if [[ $(echo $available_versions | grep -P "$installed_version(\s|\[)") == "" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package: $installed_version is no longer in Portage"
fi
if [[ $(echo $available_versions | grep -P "\s$installed_version(\s|\[)") != "" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package has become stable"
fi
done < /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo -e "\n## Showing useless entries in package.unmask..."
while read line; do
if [[ $(echo $line | grep ^[^\#$]) == "" ]]; then
continue
fi
category=`echo $line | cut -d" " -f1 | sed -e 's/^[<>=]*//' -e 's/\/.*//'`
package=`echo $line | cut -d" " -f1 | sed -e 's/^[<>=]*[a-z]*\-[a-z]*\///' -e 's/\-[0-9].*$//'`
installed_version=`eix --format '{installedversions}<installedversions>{else}none{}' -C $category -e $package | head -n 1`
available_versions=`eix --format '<availableversions>' -C $category -e $package | head -n 1`
if [[ "$installed_version" == "" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package: Package does not exist (or a problem occured)"
continue
fi
if [[ "$installed_version" == "none" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package: Package is not installed"
continue
fi
if [[ $(echo $available_versions | grep -P "$installed_version(\s|\[)") == "" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package: $installed_version is no longer in portage"
continue
fi
if [[ $(echo $available_versions | grep -P "\[M\]$installed_version(\s|\[)") == "" ]]; then
echo "$category/$package is no longer masked"
fi
done < /etc/portage/package.unmask
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