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From: Tom Wesley <tom.wesley@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Interaction in ebuilds - bad idea?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:00:18
Message-Id: 1083274895.32646.3.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Interaction in ebuilds - bad idea? by Nick Rout
1 On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 22:36, Nick Rout wrote:
2 > On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:32:04 -0400 (EDT)
3 > Ajai Khattri <ajai@××××.net> wrote:
4 >
5 > > On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Eldad Zack wrote:
6 > >
7 > > > The best way is to allow run-time configuration in /etc files.
8 > >
9 > > I had a feeling that would be the answer ;-)
10 > >
11 > > So I have some more work to do I guess.
12 > >
13 >
14 > some ebuilds tell you to run a configuration script after the ebuild
15 > completes (although often this disappears in the other cruft that emerge
16 > throws past you)
17 >
18 > something like
19 >
20 > ebuild /usr/portage/path-to/app/app-1.0.ebuild configure
21 >
22 > (although thats probably not the wording. I cannot be darned finding a
23 > live example now.)
24 >
25
26 Since I have just 10 minutes ago emerged it, freenet does this.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Interaction in ebuilds - bad idea? Andy Arbon <gentoo@××××××××××××××.uk>