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From: Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] Re: simple question about installing chromium browser for use in debian OS using gentoo prefix..
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:09:32
Message-Id: CANc=Sd0DJPPX_yGcmJXPBTDq4HbaVfCb3nssfH_Y_kdUPiZvHA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] Re: simple question about installing chromium browser for use in debian OS using gentoo prefix.. by Michael Fothergill
1 PS I forgot to add in step 3 that I will create a file to put the helpful
2 patch code in using emacs.
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4 I will also replace the $EPREFIX symbol with /home/mikef/gentoo in each
5 instance in the patch code.
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7 Regards
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9 MF
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16 On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 12:03, Michael Fothergill <
17 michael.fothergill@×××××.com> wrote:
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20 > A great many thanks for the help here.
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23 > There are quite a few different write ups on making patches in gentoo.
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26 > I am using this one:
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28 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/patches
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30 > I am going to do the following things:
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33 > 1. I am going to create a directory to put the patch in:
34 > 2. mkdir -p /etc/portage/patches/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2
35 > 3. /etc/portage/patches/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2/prefix-libinput.patch
36 > 4. I will then enter the ebuild directory for libinput-1.13.2 and run the
37 > following command:
38 > 5. ebuild libinput-1.13.2.ebuild clean prepare
39 > 6. I will then run ebuild libinput-1.13.2.ebuild digest as you recommended.
40 > 7. Finally I will run emerge dev-libs/libinput again and see if it
41 > compiles and installs.
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44 > I am going to do this now.
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46 > If you think I should change anything in the above list please let me know
47 > in a post.
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49 >
50 > Regards
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53 > MF
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