Bug #249891 - Add support for just calling another binary with the identical syntax to the package manager. Infra-requested feature, commit acked by hawking@gentoo.org.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/python-updater b/python-updater
index 99e6cbd..ae6557d 100755
--- a/python-updater
+++ b/python-updater
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ PORTAGE_PYTHON="/usr/bin/python"
 SUPPORTED_PMS="portage pkgcore paludis"
 PMS_COMMAND=( "emerge" "pmerge" "paludis" )
 PMS_OPTIONS=( "-vD1" "-Do" "-i1" )
+CUSTOM_PMS_COMMAND=""
 
 # Checks
 CHECK_ECLASS=0
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ done)
     -c CMD, --command CMD
                     Pipe found packages to command CMD instead of invoking package
                     manager. Only for debug and script use.
+    --package-manager-command CMD
+                    Call CMD instead of the default command for the specified
+                    package manager.
     -eCHECK --enable-CHECK
                     Enable CHECK where CHECK can be one of:
                     * eclass       (Disabled by default)
@@ -220,6 +224,10 @@ while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
                 PMS_INDEX=$((${PMS_INDEX} + 1))
             done
             ;;
+        --package-manager-command)
+            shift
+            CUSTOM_PMS_COMMAND="$1"
+            ;;
         -c|--command)
             shift
             PIPE_COMMAND="$1"
@@ -429,7 +437,9 @@ fi
 
 # (Pretend to) remerge packages
 if [[ -n "${PKGS_TO_REMERGE}" ]]; then
-    cmd="${PMS_COMMAND[${PMS_INDEX}]} ${PMS_OPTIONS[${PMS_INDEX}]} ${PKGS_TO_REMERGE}"
+    pmscmd="${CUSTOM_PMS_COMMAND}"
+    [ -z "${pmscmd}" ] && pmscmd="${PMS_COMMAND[${PMS_INDEX}]}"
+    cmd="${pmscmd} ${PMS_OPTIONS[${PMS_INDEX}]} ${PKGS_TO_REMERGE}"
     einfo ${cmd}
     ${cmd}
 else