Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: New category proposal

[Georgi Georgiev]

maillog: 11/05/2005-16:10:48(+0900): çÅÏÒÇÉ çÅÏÒÇÉÅ× types
> maillog: 10/05/2005-22:59:42(-0700): Duncan types
> > BTW, it'd be very handy to have "slotted" bin-pkgs as well, "slotted" as
> > in allowing me to do things like test a gcc4 created package, without
> > erasing my gcc-3.4 created bin-pkg, in case something doesn't work, and
> > without having to remember to manually copy/move the existing bin-pkg
> > first to keep that backup.  A feature to enable some arbitrary identifier
> > in the binpkg name, or an arbitrary string as a binpkg subdir path
> > fragment, would be very helpful.  Something like FEATURES=binpkg-name then
> > enabling a BINPKG-NAME=gcc4, to then either create a $PKGDIR/gcc4 subtree,
> > or $PKGDIR/All/package-version.gcc4.tbz2 type package and appropriate
> > symlink.  One could then just remember to change the $BINPKG-NAME entry in
> > make.conf whenever one runs gcc-config, or whenever one triggers whatever
> > switch and desires a corresponding binpkg-slot change.  Anything like this
> > in the works?
>
> PKGDIR=/usr/portage-pkg/gcc4 emerge -B app-admin/sudo
>
> That ought to do what you want it to do. But then, portage will be
> unable to untar-uncompress-sed/awk/whatever-tar-compress

Uh, seems I was wrong here. Looking at portage.py there is no mention of
compress/uncomrpess. Only a copy stuff away, copy it back. I did have
the feeling that it used to be that way but, well, I guess I was
mistaken.

> (refering to "fixpackages" by its full name here) the binary packages

- referring -- screw them misspelled HTTP headers >:|

> in your custom location if a package in there jumps categories.  Wow,
> I managed to get back on topic :)

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