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* Martin Schlemmer (azarah@g.o) wrote: |
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> Hi |
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> Something we really need at the moment is a pcmcia-cs ebuild, |
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> but due to reasons i cannot remember, you cant have just a |
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> default ebuild, but should need to provide source as well |
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> if needed. |
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> Danarmak and me talked about this some while back, but neither |
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> of us got to it as of yet. |
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> A nice option whould be to split ebuild of this kind into 3: |
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> modules |
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> source |
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> userland-tools |
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> (maybe libs as well .. like lm_sensors ??) |
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> Only problem i for see with this, is that there is no real |
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> place for ebuild of this kind. |
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> Also other drivers (nvidia, any other addon (the glide modules?) have no |
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> real place in the portage tree. |
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> Now, what I suggests is that we move things around a bit, and |
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> create some new portage catagories: |
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> kernel-headers |
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> linux-headers |
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> pcmcia-cs-headers |
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> lm_sensors-headers (if needed) |
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> alsa-headers |
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Wouldn't kernel-header be kinda confusing as it sounds as if it _belongs_ to th e kernel tree. Why not make an drivers category like: |
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drivers(? maybe a better name) |
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lm_sensors |
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lm_sensors-tools |
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lm_sensors-headers |
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and so on, seems more logical to me. |
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> kernel-modules (also any binaries .. like the kernel) |
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> linux |
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> pcmcia-cs-modules |
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> lm_sensors-modules |
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> i2c-modules |
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> nvidia-modules |
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> alsa-modules |
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> ... |
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> kernel-source |
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> linux-sources |
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> linux-sources-vanilla |
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> pcmcia-cs-sources |
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> lm_sensors-sources |
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> i2c-sources |
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> alsa-sources |
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> kernel-tools |
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> ksymoops |
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> pcmcia-cs-tools |
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> lm_sensors-tools |
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> alsa-utils/tools |
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> kernel-libs (??) |
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> lm_sensors-libs |
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> alsa-libs |
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> And so on. |
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> Another plus of doing it this way (except the lots of work |
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> ;p), is that things will be easier to find for new users. |
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> The kernel-source stuff can tipically install into |
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> /usr/src/kernel-extra or some other default location |
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> I have already commited myself to doing i2c and lm_sensors, |
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> danarmak said he will do pcmcia-cs, and the rest should not |
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> be a biggy. |
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> Anyway, this is still a very _alph_ idea ;) So let me know |
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> what you think! |
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> Greetings, |
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> -- |
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> Martin Schlemmer |
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> Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer |
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> Cape Town, South Africa |
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