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On 10/31/05, Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 04:16:44PM -0800, m h wrote: |
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> > Kito- |
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> > Are you leveraging the work done by Haubi documented here: |
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> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_prefixed_portage_%28in_development%29 |
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> Yah, although differs in certain respects; |
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> 1) affix doesn't exist |
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> 2) bound to a temp EAPI to use for masking non prefix capable ebuilds |
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> 3) Strict paths. *really* strict. |
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> 4) by hand reimplementation of the python side of the modifications |
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> 5) stable based. the patch referenced is 2.1; I (mostly by hand I'm |
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> afraid) backported the relevant chunks, rewriting what was needed and |
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> simplifying it down a bit (affix removal fex). |
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> There is common code between them, but right now the prefix patch I've |
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> been splitting off of 2.0.51-rc4 is the simple cousin of haubi's work, |
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> round two basically, with a lot of patch monkeying via kito/myself to |
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> iron the beast out. |
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> > Just wondering because I've been able to use this to get portage |
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> > installed on a FC4 system (I know it's not OSX). But another user has |
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> > been able to use this to install over 200 packages on an AIX system. |
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> Should be usable in both cases. Literally, the prefix stable patch is |
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> chunks of my 2.1 work and haubi's work torn out and integrated into 2.0 |
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> for prototype demonstration. Exempting the AFFIX difference, should |
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> work in a similar fashion across systems, although haubi's stage0 work |
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> is a seperate thing. |
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(I don't miss AFFIX...actually I think it's a little confusing). |
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Thanks for the response Brian. I'm just wondering if your changes are |
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being tracked anywhere or if there is discussion of this going on |
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anywhere (in a mailing list perhaps?)? I like to lurk there if |
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possible... |
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What bootstrap process do you recommend? (since you aren't using haubi's) |
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