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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded
From:       Neil Bothwick <neil () digimed ! co ! uk>
Date:       2023-07-08 19:47:35
Message-ID: 20230708204735.088fb897 () digimed ! co ! uk
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On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 14:14:46 -0500, Dale wrote:

> Thing is, some of the packages are dependencies of other packages.  
> Excluding them will likely trigger other problems, such as packages not
> being able to upgrade due to others being excluded.   Plus, I'd have to
> run it twice and do two separate upgrades.   Usually, I start the upgrade
> in a chroot, take a nap and it is done when I wake up.   I'd have to
> interrupt my nap for the second set if it is split up.  
> 
> Having it highlight the packages so I can see them easier was a thought,
> just not a good one.   :/  

But what would you do with the information? If you're just going to see
that there are slow packages there and then carry, what's the point. I
suppose you know you can have a longer nap :)

You could try piping emerge's output through sed to add colour codes
around the packages you want to highlight. How exactly you do this is
left as an exercise for the reader :P


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Q. How many mathematicians does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Only one - who gives it to six Californians, thereby reducing the
problem to an earlier joke.

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