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> - What is the best way to determine dependencies for a file, and how |
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> important is it to have minimum version info for dependencies? Unless I |
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> find any info in the docs, would common sense and a quick peek at |
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> configure-scripts/makefiles ot the source suffice? |
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Minimum version info is nice, whenever you can find it. As for finding |
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dependencies, ldd is your friend. |
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> - What is the best way to install built files? Using make install or |
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> using the dobin/doman/whatever scripts? ...which brings me on to the |
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> next question ; |
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By all means, if "make install" can be hacked to install into our |
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temporary installation directory, then use it. Please do your checking |
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with our "sandbox" turned on (in /etc/make.conf). The sandbox feature |
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ensures that attempts to write outside ${D} are automatically caught. |
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> - Is there any database over what files belong to what package? |
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As karltk mentioned, /var/db/pkg has lots of info. |
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> - Do you have any policies for testing? Is it enough that I test the |
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> package on my own system, or should I have a clean installation (via |
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> chroot, usermode linux, dualboot or whatever) I can use for testing? |
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It it's working on your system (sandboxed), then please post it on |
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bugzilla. It may be a while before we get to it (we're in a new-ebuild |
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freeze until 1.0), but at least then it will be available to others to |
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test. |
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Best, |
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g2boojum |
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| Grant Goodyear | The Secrets of Physics: | |
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| Dept. of Chemistry - Clemson U |1. Add zero. | |
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| Clemson, SC 29634 |2. Multiply by one. | |
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|-------------------------------------|3. Expand in a Taylor series| |
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|e-mail: goodyea@×××××××.edu |4. Integrate by parts. | |
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|www:http://g2.ces.clemson.edu/~grant |5. Fourier transform. | |
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| |6. Add auxiliary variables | |
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