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Frank Riley wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I've created my first ebuild, and I have a few questions: |
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> 1) The ebuild creates 2 empty directories. When I do a reinstall of the |
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> ebuild, the safe unmerge of the already-installed instance removes these |
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> 2 directories. Is this the correct operation, and if so how do I make |
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> sure these 2 directories are not deleted when a reinstall is done? |
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Create an empty .keep file in these directories, i.e. add |
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'touch /dir/to/keep/.keep' in src_install |
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(iirc there's a 'keepdir' function for that) |
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> 3) Finally, my ebuild creates a kernel module, thus it depends on kernel |
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> source being installed. Obviously, only one kernel source needs to be |
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> installed, but it could be any of the various kernel sources. Is it |
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> possible to "or" in the DEPEND variable (i.e. to use this ebuild, you |
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> need sys-kernel/gentoo-sources or sys-kernel/vanilla-sources)? |
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Add "virtual/linux-sources" to your DEPEND var. |
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hth, |
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