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Portage is great but... it depends upon a person to create a new ebuild |
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when a new version is released. |
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There are two times when I would like a script to create an ebuild |
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automatically. I wonder if anyone has such a script or if someone is |
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working on such a script. |
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Often a new software release is available from the home site but |
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portage has not been updated. I would like a script that would: |
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check the source repository for a package |
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find the latest version |
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if the repository has a newer version |
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create an overlay with an ebuild for the new version |
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try to build the new package |
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Other times I will hear about a new software package and I want to try |
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it out. I would like a script that would take a URL for the home site |
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as an argument and then would operate like the script above. |
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If such scripts were available, it would be much easier to check out |
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new software releases. I could imagine a system that would scan |
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listings from freshmeat or other non-Gentoo site, build the ebuild and |
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try the package. In the simplest case you would get a go/no-go answer. |
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For the packages that download and build, you could try it out. If it |
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failed you could ignore it or try to figure out the problem. |
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This is not an AMD64 problem, but I know the people on this list are |
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always pushing the Gentoo limits. So, thank you for your suggestions. |
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Thanks, |
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Steve Herber herber@×××××.com work: 206-221-7262 |
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Security Engineer, UW Medicine, IT Services home: 425-454-2399 |
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