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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-alt] Re: Any procedure to test a quick patch to a package?
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:06:21
Message-Id: 20121213073443.GX8220@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-alt] Re: Any procedure to test a quick patch to a package? by "René Berber"
1 On 12-12-2012 15:24:04 -0600, René Berber wrote:
2 > On 12/12/2012 1:45 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote:
3 >
4 > > so, what you basically want is
5 > > 1) a patch to the python-2.7.3 ebuild for cygwin
6 > > 2) a new tar of that
7 > >
8 > > (see the ebuild for comments about what to comment out, it's really as
9 > > simple as running ebuild ... prepare and tarring the result up)
10 > >
11 > > right?
12 >
13 > No.
14 >
15 > > If so, let's start with the patch that you need.
16 >
17 > I thought the log bits made it obvious, the bootstrap-prefix.sh just
18 > started, its not using an ebuild, it just downloaded zlib, and built it,
19 > then downloaded python-2.7.2-patched, and while building it the (trivial
20 > to fix) error stops everything.
21
22 ... and I told you how that tar was created, and thus what a good next
23 step would be to help you further.
24
25 > I just want to know if there is a procedure to not start from the
26 > beginning. The "patch" I want to do is to python-2.7.2-patched,
27 > specifically Python-2.7.2/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c:172 which shouldn't
28 > re-declare anything.
29
30 Just re-run the installer with identical input, and it will "resume".
31
32
33 --
34 Fabian Groffen
35 Gentoo on a different level

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