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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:42:10 -0500, Kerin Millar <kerframil@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> On 9/29/05, Mike Myers <mike@××××.us> wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> |
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>> I have a qmail server configured, for the most part similar to the docs |
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>> on |
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>> the gentoo site. I was wondering though if there was a way to archive |
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>> all |
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>> the email messages. I saw a tool to do that on the inter7 site, but it |
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>> said it was a patch to allow archiving. i'm not too sure how to patch |
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>> some code when it's in portage, and i don't really want to reinstall |
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>> qmail |
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> |
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> Create a portage overlay (for example, at /usr/local/portage) and copy |
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> the existing mail-mta/qmail structure into it. Drop your patch in at |
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> mail-mta/qmail/files then add a statement to patch it in within the |
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> src_unpack() function of the ebuild: |
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> epatch ${FILESDIR}/foo.patch |
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> |
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> You'll see many such examples in the ebuild as it is. Alternatively |
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> you could `ebuild unpack` the ebuild in the main portage tree, patch |
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> the source in the working directory manually before concluding with an |
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> `ebuild qmerge" statement (a less desirable approach in my view). For |
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> further details this wiki entry may help: |
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> |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds |
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> |
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> With regards to the first approach you'll need to make sure that you |
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> revise your customised ebuild if there are any future qmail revision |
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> bumps otherwise your overlay copy will be superceded by the upgrade in |
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> the mainline portage tree. |
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> |
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> Another possibility is to file a bug referencing the patch, add the |
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> keyword "Inclusion" and assign to robbat2@g.o asking for this |
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> patch to be included. |
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> Regards, |
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> |
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> --Kerin |
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> |
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, neither suggestion worked. It seems |
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to me like the qmail-tap patch conflicts with the other numerous patches |
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that qmail needs, so it's unable to find the parts of file it needs to |
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patch. I've filed a bug report, but it was closed and marked 'invalid', |
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and considered a 'help request'. So, no dice there. I posted the issue |
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in the forums, so now there are two threads concerning the qmail-tap |
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patch, but neither have replies. I'm not really certain where to go next. |
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Thanks, |
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Mike |
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