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On Sunday 20 June 2004 00:00, joe@××××××××××.net wrote: |
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> :/ So, say I want my love-sources ebuild in my overlay to provide for |
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> virtual/winkernel (since some versions are patched with win4lin), Rather |
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> then editing the love-sources ebuild (which will survive an emerge sync), |
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> I have to edit this metaebuid for the virtual (which will not survive an |
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> emerge sync unless ) |
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Yes, I had considered this and merely failed to mention it in my first post. |
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If you are familiar with overlays then you should realize that you would be |
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able to copy the meta-ebuild to your overlay and edit it instead. Having an |
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"old" version of such an ebuild should not cause any problem as whatever |
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virtual it is that is installed should support all required functionality. |
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(By the way, perhaps love-sources would not get so much ire from developers if |
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its users did not always promote it in such an arrogant fashion?) |
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> From portage-*.51 |
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> /var/cache/edb/virtuals has been deprecated and is now calculated" |
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> on demand. Strictly _USER_ modifications to virtuals may go into" |
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> /etc/portage/virtuals and will never be modified by portage. |
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> It would sound like there is already work to change virtuals around, and i |
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> assume that "calculated on demand" is pretty much the opposite of your |
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> idea. |
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Yes, I am aware of this. I am on the portage team. One of my motivations for |
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this idea is that virtuals add complication to the code where it may not be |
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necessary. If all the required virtuals functionality can be moved into the |
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normal package code, it simplifies portage further overall and means that |
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more bugs can be fixed, more features can be developed and performance can be |
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improved further. |
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Having said that, critism is welcome as long as its intention is to be |
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constructive. Any other issues? |
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Regards, |
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Jason Stubbs |
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