Add --exclude and pass the next argument to emerge --exclude for @world and -9999 updates.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/portage-update.sh b/portage-update.sh
index 0330162..7a141a8 100755
--- a/portage-update.sh
+++ b/portage-update.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ do
             ;;
         --skip-etc-update) export SKIP_ETC_UPDATE="true" # In case we don't want to do an "etc-update"
             ;;
+        --exclude) # Followed by a list of packages as a single argument to pass to emerge --exclude for @world and -9999 updates, e.g. --exclude "app-editors/nano media-gfx/blender"
+            export EXCLUDE_LIST="$2"
+            shift
+            ;;
         --*) echo "bad argument '$1'" ; exit 1
             ;;
         *) echo "unexpected argument '$1'" ; exit 1
@@ -53,13 +57,13 @@ fi
 
 # Do a @world update, unless skipped
 if [ -z ${SKIP_UPDATE+x} ]; then
-  echo 'emerge --keep-going -av --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world'
-  emerge --keep-going -av --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y @world || exit 1
+  echo "emerge --keep-going -av --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --exclude \"$EXCLUDE_LIST\" @world"
+  emerge --keep-going -av --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --exclude "$EXCLUDE_LIST" @world || exit 1
   # Update -9999 packages since they aren't included in a @world update
   pkgs9999=$(find /var/db/pkg/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name '*-9999')
   if [ "$pkgs9999" != "" ] ; then
-    echo "emerge -av $(find /var/db/pkg/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name '*-9999' | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's|/var/db/pkg/|=|g')"
-    emerge -av $(find /var/db/pkg/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name '*-9999' | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's|/var/db/pkg/|=|g')
+    echo "emerge -av $(find /var/db/pkg/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name '*-9999' | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's|/var/db/pkg/|=|g') --exclude \"$EXCLUDE_LIST\""
+    emerge -av $(find /var/db/pkg/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name '*-9999' | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's|/var/db/pkg/|=|g') --exclude "$EXCLUDE_LIST"
   fi
 fi