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> > That doesn't mean you can't play with it, though. Just pull it down |
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> > and compile it. It's rather frustrating, but it's good |
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> practice, no? |
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> > Who doesn't like compiling kernels on a 166MHz SPARC? |
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> > |
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> > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc" emerge -f --oneshot gentoo-sources |
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> > |
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> > should get you the latest 2.6.15-r5. Tweak command line as |
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> needed for |
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> > other versions. |
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> |
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> Please don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, it's generally bad, you've |
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> got package.keywords (man 5 portage) as a better solution. |
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> That said 2.6 kernels don't work fine in the stability |
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> department, lately it seems only SBUS-based machines are the |
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> ones affected. |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/sparc/sunhw.xml is a work |
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> in progress hardware compatibility list where you can check |
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> how things are going on the 2.6 front. |
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> Of course it's still incomplete and feedback is welcome. |
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> Don't say "excellent stability on X" unless you really did |
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> extensive tests. |
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If you want Portage to actually manage a package, yes, I agree completely, |
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you should NOT use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS. |
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If you just want to use portage to grab the files for you (-f --oneshot), |
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then, heck, just throw in ACCEPT_KEYWORDS. You'll still have to manually |
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move things around and compile them, so where is the problem? |
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If he *did* put "~sparc" in his package.keywords file for gentoo-sources, |
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then he would be, in effect, telling portage that he specifically wants to |
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be able to use the ~ versions and he accepts the responsibility thereof. And |
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Portage will then dutifully keep him updated on all new updates to this |
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package. |
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How else would you "beta test" a package? I've been using this method for |
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about two years and I have found it to work well for me. If I really want to |
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use the package later on, I put it in the correct package.* file and make it |
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"official". |
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On a second point, thanks for the above HCL pointer. I'll add notes on my |
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U30 this weekend. |
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Bill |
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