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> Hi, |
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> I just emerged alsa-utils-0.5.10.ebuild and got an error in the |
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> pkg_postinst() function. |
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> This is related to rc-update. Can this be modified ? |
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For the time being, i have just commented out the pkg_postinst() |
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function, until I make this package fully support rc5 and rc6. |
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So you can merge it again if you wish... |
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Now an update on the rc5/rc6 situation. I am in the process of |
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making packages that have initscripts, support both rc5 and rc6 |
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style inits. The new rc6 init system, is *very* cool, and *very* |
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fast. It is a testament to our fearless leader drobbins's prowess. |
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It has dependencies, and a very simple design philosophy. Trust |
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me when I say it will be worth the pain in this "transitional" period. |
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We just dont want to leave rc5 people out in the cold, which is |
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why we're not doing a straight cutover, but instead a gradual |
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migration. |
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If I had to make a guess, I would imagine that the rest of the |
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conversions will be done in less than a week. Even though |
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the changes are relatively small, I am a strong believer in |
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thorough testing, so this is why i havn't just spammed in all |
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the changes to the tree.. I am making sure things work first. |
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Working at large corporations where nothing can be rolled |
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out without a pilot test period will do this to you.. hehe. :-) |
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Lastly, note that I have mostly adopted a system to this |
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conversion process.. For a package which has rc5 and |
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rc6 support, I am naming the ebuilds themselves as so: |
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apache-1.3.20-r6.ebuild <- this is for rc6 |
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apache-1.3.20-r1.ebuild <- this is for rc5 |
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Basically, if there is an -r6 version, its probably for rc6 |
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systems. |
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*However*, please also note, that you need not really concern |
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yourself with this, because portage will take care of this for you. |
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Your /etc/make.profile softlink, should point to either the rc5 |
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profile or the rc6 profile, depending on what gentoo version |
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you're running. So if you have the rc6 softlink, and you say |
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'emerge net-www/apache', then portage knows that it must |
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not install the -r1 version for you, it will install the -r6 version. |
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This is all made possible by a new 'package inclusion mask' |
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system that was implemented recently by drobbins and chadh. |
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Hope that clears up a few things. |
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Cheers |
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Donny (woodchip) |
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