Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: wanted: script to build ebuilds

[Steve Herber]

I want to use ebuilds, versus tar, so I can easily remove the package when 
I am done with it.

Your wizard script would be version 0.1 of the script I want to end up with.

Thanks,

Steve Herber	herber@×××××.com		work: 206-221-7262
Security Engineer, UW Medicine, IT Services	home: 425-454-2399

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Duncan wrote:

> Richard Fish posted
> <7573e9640604301028k6e46acd0tc73cde05e0aaf183@××××××××××.com>, excerpted
> below,  on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:28:23 -0700:
>
>> What would be the difference between having a script to create an
>> ebuild, vs a simple template ebuild to start from?  The
>> /usr/portage/skel.ebuild is all of 17 lines when you ignore comments
>> and blank lines.  And most of that are package settings for
>> dependancies and source locations and the like.  Any script that was
>> created would have to prompt you for all of that stuff, so running the
>> script would be just as 'difficult' as copying and modifying the
>> template.
>
> A script that prompted for all that and used the answers to write a simple
> ebuild wouldn't be so bad.  However, it would actually be /more/ work than
> simply compiling and installing from tarball, so if the object was a quick
> install of the package, it wouldn't be worth it.  OTOH, a simple ebuild
> generation "wizard" script/applet might be worthwhile in its own right.
>
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