Re: [gentoo-dev] cvs as a source for a package

Pete Gavin wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to add glide as a package, but unfortunatley, the newest
> version is only available by cvs from cvs.glide.sourceforge.net (the
> older version was only available on linux.3dfx.com, which is now
> defunct since 3dfx is gone). I could have the ebuild script
> automatically download the sources using cvs, but I wouldn't be able
> to apply a version number to it. Another solution would be to get the
> sources with cvs, then tar it up and put it on the ibiblio mirror, and
> make the date I downloaded it the version. What do you think about
> this?

I allways use the latest method and I allwayes use the checkout date for
the package version number.

achim~

>
> Pete
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