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Raj Swaminathan wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Can anybody tell me where i can obtain open source code for gentoo. Im |
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> particularly looking for code for programs in /bin and /sbin. |
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> I am on a project to find out how different distros implement a few of |
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> these programs. So far i have only been lucky with OpenSolaris and FreeBSD. |
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> Thanks, |
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> raj |
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I recommend you check anything I say against other sources; I'm not a |
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Gentoo expert. |
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Gentoo is a source distribution. Nearly all packages installed are |
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compiled from source. Gentoo fetches the source code from URLs supplied |
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in the ebuilds located in /usr/portage and downloads it to |
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/usr/portage/distfiles when you emerge a package. |
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You'll probably want to start in /usr/portage/distfiles. Any source |
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that you've downloaded and compiled through portage resides there until |
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it's removed. |
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However, it's possible (or maybe likely, I'm no expert) that not all of |
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the source code for your system is in there. If you've used GRP |
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packages, there would certainly be source missing from there, and if you |
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installed with a stage 3 and then did not recompile everything, there |
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would likely be at least some packages installed for which you don't |
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have source. If you've installed any binary only programs, the |
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binaries's package would be there but not the source for those packages. |
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If you're looking for the remote source that is downloaded to be |
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compiled on Gentoo, the URLs are given in the ebuilds for each package. |
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I hope my explanation helps. |
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