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On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 11:07:04 +1000 |
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"Sam Jorna (wraeth)" <wraeth@g.o> wrote: |
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> > What then is the benefit? If what is installed is the same from |
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> > package manager or binpkg. Also your redistributing another's |
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> > package in binary format which may not be legally allowed. |
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> The difference is that how the package manager/ebuild installs the |
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> package may be better suited to the environment than what upstream |
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> expects (such as upstreams that install through a .run file) |
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I fail to see how basically skipping src_install and maybe some prepare |
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stuff that makes it better suited to an environment. |
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Can you explain that further? |
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These packages are just exploded tarballs. I fail to see the benefit |
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to repacking those into another tarball to be exploded. At best |
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skipping src_install and/or prepare, seems to be the only difference. |
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I see no difference in installing kernel sources via source ebuild or a |
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binpkg, pre-built ebuild binary. Other than the time it takes to |
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re-package the kernel sources into another tarball. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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