[arch-general] Pacman trigger
Is there some app that will do some actions on updating some software ? Like for example, I want that in /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/defaults/preferences/firefox.js user agent is set to Firefox/<version> instead of its brand name ? Or copy the previous version of kernel to /boot/stable before update ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com
On 06/02/10 23:31, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
Is there some app that will do some actions on updating some software ?
Like for example, I want that in /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/defaults/preferences/firefox.js user agent is set to Firefox/<version> instead of its brand name ?
Or copy the previous version of kernel to /boot/stable before update ?
Not yet. There are some plans (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Pacman_Hooks) but that has not progressed much further than the wiki page...
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 11:36:59PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
On 06/02/10 23:31, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
Is there some app that will do some actions on updating some software ?
Like for example, I want that in /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/defaults/preferences/firefox.js user agent is set to Firefox/<version> instead of its brand name ?
Or copy the previous version of kernel to /boot/stable before update ?
Not yet. There are some plans (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Pacman_Hooks) but that has not progressed much further than the wiki page...
The customizepkg-new package doesn't yet handle .install files. But it does enable you to tweak a PKGBUILD, add extra files to the source array, and so on. When used with a pacman-wrapper that knows about it, such as yaourt, every time you try to install a package for which you've scripted these mods, it will be built from source with your mods. Once the script is expanded to handle .install files---which would not be hard---this will do what you want. The downside is you'd have to build all such packages from source yourself. A cooperating pacman wrapper will make that happen automatically, but you might well decide it's still more trouble than you're looking for. (I submitted a bunch of changes to customizepkg-new a few months ago but I don't think they've been folded in yet.) -- Jim Pryor profjim@jimpryor.net
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Jim Pryor <lists+arch-general@jimpryor.net> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 11:36:59PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
On 06/02/10 23:31, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
Is there some app that will do some actions on updating some software ?
Like for example, I want that in /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/defaults/preferences/firefox.js user agent is set to Firefox/<version> instead of its brand name ?
Or copy the previous version of kernel to /boot/stable before update ?
Not yet. There are some plans (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Pacman_Hooks) but that has not progressed much further than the wiki page...
The customizepkg-new package doesn't yet handle .install files. But it does enable you to tweak a PKGBUILD, add extra files to the source array, and so on. When used with a pacman-wrapper that knows about it, such as yaourt, every time you try to install a package for which you've scripted these mods, it will be built from source with your mods.
Once the script is expanded to handle .install files---which would not be hard---this will do what you want. The downside is you'd have to build all such packages from source yourself. A cooperating pacman wrapper will make that happen automatically, but you might well decide it's still more trouble than you're looking for. Actually, if customizepkg handles PKGBUILDS, you could just add a sed command to the PKGBUILD to change the .install file. (see the kernel26 PKGBUILD for an example)
(I submitted a bunch of changes to customizepkg-new a few months ago but I don't think they've been folded in yet.)
-- Jim Pryor profjim@jimpryor.net
-- Alexander Lam
On 02/06/2010 07:59 PM, Jim Pryor wrote:
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 11:36:59PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
On 06/02/10 23:31, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
Is there some app that will do some actions on updating some software ?
Like for example, I want that in /usr/lib/firefox-<version>/defaults/preferences/firefox.js user agent is set to Firefox/<version> instead of its brand name ?
Or copy the previous version of kernel to /boot/stable before update ?
Not yet. There are some plans (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Pacman_Hooks) but that has not progressed much further than the wiki page...
The customizepkg-new package doesn't yet handle .install files. But it does enable you to tweak a PKGBUILD, add extra files to the source array, and so on. When used with a pacman-wrapper that knows about it, such as yaourt, every time you try to install a package for which you've scripted these mods, it will be built from source with your mods.
Once the script is expanded to handle .install files---which would not be hard---this will do what you want. The downside is you'd have to build all such packages from source yourself. A cooperating pacman wrapper will make that happen automatically, but you might well decide it's still more trouble than you're looking for.
(I submitted a bunch of changes to customizepkg-new a few months ago but I don't think they've been folded in yet.)
That's same as building from ABS. OK compiling has self advantages like you can compile with -O3 flag to improve performance, but it takes a lot of time and big sized source code downloads. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com
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Alexander Lam
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Jim Pryor
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Nilesh Govindarajan