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From: Bill Anderson <bill@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild, ip6tables headaches, kernel confusion, xinetd vs. tcpwrappers
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 01:57:04
Message-Id: 3A5C2402.40508@noreboots.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild, ip6tables headaches, kernel confusion, xinetd vs. tcpwrappers by Jerry A!
1 Hello all, new soon-to-be-trying-gentoo person here.
2
3 Jerry A! wrote:
4
5 > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 01:55:24AM -0600, Justin Vander Ziel wrote:
6 > : Hello folks.
7 > :
8 > : 1. I managed to revise the iptables-1.1.2.ebuild script to handle
9 > : iptables-1.2 -- and it worked! That is, except for one small problem: I
10 > : forgot to build a package list for ebuild and BTW, how do I do this?
11 >
12 > That's the nifty thing about the portage system--it takes care of
13 > creating the packing list.
14
15 say, that is nifty.
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17
18 > : 2. the ebuild script chokes on versions such as in autofs-4.0.0-pre9.tar.bz2
19 > : (with accompanying ebuild file) -- when I do
20 > :
21 > : # ebuild autofs-4.0.0-pre9.ebuild merge
22 >
23 > That's not a valid name for an ebuild. Try something like
24 > "autofs-4.0.0_p9.ebuild". Then in the ebuild, explicitly set $P to the
25 > package name to use (eg "P=autofs-4.0.0-pre9")
26
27 Hmm, excuse my newness to gentoo (not installed until I get the drive
28 backed up tomorrow or so (I hope)) ... but does this mean that hyphens
29 are not valid in an ebuild name?
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31
32 > : 4. kernel confusion
33 > : When all is said and done why not just go with 2.4.0 stable? My neophyte
34 > : logic says that if it's a final kernel release that has been blessed by
35 > : Linus than at the very least, it must be more stable than the 2.3.X series
36 > : or the 2.4.0-testX series (I don't know where the ac1/2/3 fit into this).
37 >
38 > Ahh, grasshopper. When many release cycles you've been through, trust a
39 > point-oh release you will not.
40 >
41
42 As compared to a prerelease test kernel?
43 As someone who has been through many release cylces, I would have to
44 dosagree, if that is your position.
45
46 Justin
47 As far as 'ac' those are Alan cox patched kernel. IME, they've been much
48 better than the standard kernel. Alan Cox is basically the second in
49 command in Linuxville, eventually the ac patches become merged (usually,
50 but not always).
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53 Bill Anderson

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