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On 10-11-2009 09:36:58 +0100, Markus Duft wrote: |
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> and there are additional problems with chpathtool on some platforms. i |
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> investigated the whole thing a while ago, since i thought it would be |
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> great to (instead of distributing a whole big /opt/gentoo on windows) |
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> distribute my gentoo prefix installations split into binpkgs, where the |
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> user can decide which to install (much like cygwin does it). i back then |
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> also thought about letting the user decide where to install, thats why i |
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> was looking at chpathtool. |
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> however, the _only_ case where i had real success in changing EPREFIX, |
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> is when the new EPREFIX has the _exact_ same length as the old one. |
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> seems there is more work to be done one this (and: NO. it was not |
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> windows' fault (it most of the time is, i know), since i tried all this |
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> on linux ;p) |
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Weird, it worked on Solaris and Darwin for sure like a charm. Anyway, |
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this doesn't prevent you from using binpkgs, since you can simply use |
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the same offset, and then chpathtool isn't called at all. |
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But a backtrace is more than welcome. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |