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On 6/4/08, Mark Haney <mhaney@××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Okay, I've gone over the docs and the HOWTOs on gentoo.org and I'm still a |
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> wee bit (okay maybe a lot) fuzzy on developing/updating ebuilds. |
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> I have a particular app I use quite often (DVDStyler), but the ebuild in |
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> portage is pretty old (1.5.2_p2) compared to the latest version available |
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> (1.6.2), the difference being about a year between them. |
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> I know I can just compile the source for the latest, but I'd like to update |
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> the ebuild to learn how to do it. The docs however, aren't helpful from the |
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> standpoint that there's no clear cut procedure for setting up a devel |
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> environment for building/testing an ebuild locally without becoming a gentoo |
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> developer, per se. |
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> Me, I rather like having step-by-step instructions on my first go round so |
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> I can 'do it right' the first time, then I'll know how to fix it if I bork |
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> something. |
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> Is there something like that floating around? |
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> Mark Haney |
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Mark, |
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is a local layman repo something for you? |
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I found this link http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Sync_your_private_overlay |
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Hope this is of some help :) |
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