sys-power/nut: Update and Enhancement to 2.8.0 and 9999 versions

[inode64]

I've recently made a comprehensive update to the ebuild of sys-power/nut. The way drivers are activated has been altered - instead of using a driver list, which can be hard to maintain when new ones are added, we now activate them based on the connection type (serial, USB, XML, IPMI, Modbus, etc). This simplification not only streamlines the installation process but also resolves dependency issues associated with activating a driver and its corresponding unactivated connection.

The updates align with the latest Gentoo specifications and are summarized below:

Improvements:

• Removed unused libnsl
• Removed outdated hotplug
• Utilized EAPI=8
• Default use of libusb-1
• Added connections for GPIO, i2c, and Modbus
• Configuration parameters required per connection type
• Fixed the creation of PID in /run/nut
• Removed configurations no longer necessary for nut-2.8.0 or newer
• Creation of man pages
• Added a flag for documentation
• Utilized tmpfile for creating temporary directories
• Added Q5t5 monitor (nut-9999)
• Disabled Python2
• Added Python3 library
• Message for the optional function of sys-apps/util-linux[logger, tty-helpers]
• Added configuration for Avahi
• Added a flag for systemd (nut-9999)

TODO: (in next version)

• nut-scanner is not working
• /etc/init.d/upslog requires parameters of SAI and log file

Please note that I have tested different SAI drivers, but only with USB and SNMP connections. Any feedback or further testing on these updates would be highly appreciated.

I hope to get it right now, I'm afraid of git :-)

Signed-off-by: F. Javier Félix web@inode64.com
Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.45.3, pkgcheck-0.10.24

Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/836776
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/736804
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/598619
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/636402
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/862543
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/852287
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/676598
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/808675
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/771291
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/714930
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/695148
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/641144
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/670132
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/642618
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/544250
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/526328

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Pull Request assignment

Submitter: @inode64
Areas affected: ebuilds
Packages affected: sys-power/nut

sys-power/nut: @robbat2, @prometheanfire

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Report generated at: 2023-06-16 16:40 UTC
Newest commit scanned: 5b8b4ab
Status: ✅ good

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[thesamesam]

Thank you! Looks like fantastic work to me.

Big thanks for working on this.