Re: [gentoo-dev] Private SVN repository for live-ebuild

[Natanael Olaiz]

Hi,

El 01/27/11 18:24, Zac Medico escribió:
> On 01/27/2011 09:05 AM, Matthew Summers wrote:
>> Now, as to whether to include the value ESVN_PASSWORD in the ebuild, I would
>> not do that. Personally, I would setup svn+ssh and use an ssh key to access
>> the repo. I do this with git using the git eclass. I am prompted for a
>> password/key by portage in this case. To automate this using an ssh key, you
>> can just use a passwordless key or setup ssh-agent. Also note, the key will
>> be sought out first in /root/.ssh (I think it looks there first anyway).
> In this case, you could potentially have a problem if you have
> FEATURES=userpriv enabled, since that would cause src_unpack to execute
> as the "portage" user.
>
>> Regarding your final question, I think that portage will ask you to enter
>> the password if it tries to access something over HTTPS requiring
>> authentication, but I am not 100% certain at the moment.
> In this case, depending on the FETCHCOMMAND behavior, you could have a
> problem with FEATURES=parallel-fetch since it launches fetches in the
> background. So, if background fetch doesn't fail gracefully, you might
> want to set FEATURES="-parallel-fetch" in /etc/make.conf.
>
> Also, you could set PROPERTIES=interactive in the ebuild, in order
> ensure that the fetcher is executed in the foreground.

Matthew and Zac, thanks a lot for your very informative answers!


Best regards,
Natanael.