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Hello all, new soon-to-be-trying-gentoo person here. |
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Jerry A! wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 01:55:24AM -0600, Justin Vander Ziel wrote: |
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> : Hello folks. |
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> : 1. I managed to revise the iptables-1.1.2.ebuild script to handle |
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> : iptables-1.2 -- and it worked! That is, except for one small problem: I |
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> : forgot to build a package list for ebuild and BTW, how do I do this? |
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> That's the nifty thing about the portage system--it takes care of |
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> creating the packing list. |
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say, that is nifty. |
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> : 2. the ebuild script chokes on versions such as in autofs-4.0.0-pre9.tar.bz2 |
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> : (with accompanying ebuild file) -- when I do |
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> : # ebuild autofs-4.0.0-pre9.ebuild merge |
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> That's not a valid name for an ebuild. Try something like |
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> "autofs-4.0.0_p9.ebuild". Then in the ebuild, explicitly set $P to the |
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> package name to use (eg "P=autofs-4.0.0-pre9") |
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Hmm, excuse my newness to gentoo (not installed until I get the drive |
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backed up tomorrow or so (I hope)) ... but does this mean that hyphens |
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are not valid in an ebuild name? |
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> : 4. kernel confusion |
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> : When all is said and done why not just go with 2.4.0 stable? My neophyte |
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> : logic says that if it's a final kernel release that has been blessed by |
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> : Linus than at the very least, it must be more stable than the 2.3.X series |
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> : or the 2.4.0-testX series (I don't know where the ac1/2/3 fit into this). |
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> Ahh, grasshopper. When many release cycles you've been through, trust a |
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> point-oh release you will not. |
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As compared to a prerelease test kernel? |
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As someone who has been through many release cylces, I would have to |
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dosagree, if that is your position. |
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Justin |
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As far as 'ac' those are Alan cox patched kernel. IME, they've been much |
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better than the standard kernel. Alan Cox is basically the second in |
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command in Linuxville, eventually the ac patches become merged (usually, |
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but not always). |
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Bill Anderson |