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On 08/08/2017 07:23 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> Can you think of any? I cannot see any operator wanting a binary of a |
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> binary, or a package of sources. When they already have a sources |
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- The machine you're installing it on might not have internet access so |
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you want to have the files stored in a single location for wrapping it up. |
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- You might want an audit trail of installed packages, so using the |
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binary files on specific media ensures same copy is installed everywhere |
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- You might be applying local patches through /etc/portage/patches that |
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are distributed to all clients |
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On 08/08/2017 07:23 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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>> it can already be controlled through env files. |
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> I was thinking it might, but having used them to skip other hooks. I |
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> was thinking they could not be used as such for binary packages. Have |
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> you confirmed such is possible? Could you provide a link or example? |
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> Thanks! |
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try something like: |
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/etc/portage/env/nobin: |
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FEATURES="-buildpkg" |
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/etc/portage/package.env/nobin: |
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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources nobin |
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Kristian Fiskerstrand |
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OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net |
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