Re: [gentoo-dev] Speaking of new kernels being added to the tree

[Luke-Jr]

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On Saturday 04 October 2003 03:09 pm, Stuart Herbert wrote:
> That could get messy.  What exactly is the problem that you're touting your
> solution for?
How could it get messy? In theory, after src_unpack, /var/tmp/portage/*/work 
should be a source tree for the package.
>
> > It would be making the linux ebuilds' src_compile actually do what it was
> > meant to do.
> Say's who? ;-)
http://dictionary.com/search?q=compile
>
> > IMO, categories are merely useful for when searching for packages and
> > shouldn't really be needed for knowing what a package is especially since
> > two packages cannot have the same name.
> Is that true?  I thought the category was part of the package name.
If it were part of the package name, why aren't the database firebird and the 
browser firebird allowed to have the same name?
>
> > call it Gentoo GNU/Linux.
> I won't bite that troll-bait ;-)
Referring to my system running Linux for a kernel and using mostly GNU tools 
for everything else (C library; ls,cp,mv,sed)
>
> > AFAIK, this already should work. Note I don't use -u nor the world
> > metakeyword (at least until Portage supports sticky USE), though.
> But have you personally tested it, or can you point me to somewhere where
> this behaviour is documented?  I don't like assumptions.
Just because I think it is possible to do doesn't mean I know how to do it ;)
For example, I know it's possible to make a Java ebuild, but I don't know 
where to start for that.
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Luke-Jr
Developer, Gentoo Linux
http://www.gentoo.org/
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