Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Paul de Vrieze <gentoo-user@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] create binary package for an installed package
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:41:46
Message-Id: 200302031434.24998.gentoo-user@devrieze.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] create binary package for an installed package by gabor
1 On Monday 03 February 2003 14:28, gabor wrote:
2 > hi,
3 >
4 > i know i can build binary packages with --buildpkg... but i have already
5 > emerged something and now i'd like to create a binary package for it. do
6 > i have to recompile it again?
7 >
8 > reason:
9 > i had xfree4.2.99.3...... now i upgraded to xfree4.2.99.4.. and
10 > something changed... and i want to be sure that it changed because of
11 > the xfree upgrade.
12 >
13 > so i have to emerge xfree4.2.99.3, check it, and then emerge
14 > xfree4.2.99.4 again.. that's why it would be nice if i could save my
15 > already-compiled xfree4.2.99.4 into a binary package , so i don't have
16 > to recompile it again.
17 >
18 > is there a way to do that?
19
20 /usr/lib/portage/bin/quickpkg
21
22 Paul
23
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25 Paul de Vrieze
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