Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: New category proposal

[Georgi Georgiev]

maillog: 10/05/2005-22:59:42(-0700): Duncan types
> BTW, it'd be very handy to have "slotted" bin-pkgs as well, "slotted" as
> in allowing me to do things like test a gcc4 created package, without
> erasing my gcc-3.4 created bin-pkg, in case something doesn't work, and
> without having to remember to manually copy/move the existing bin-pkg
> first to keep that backup.  A feature to enable some arbitrary identifier
> in the binpkg name, or an arbitrary string as a binpkg subdir path
> fragment, would be very helpful.  Something like FEATURES=binpkg-name then
> enabling a BINPKG-NAME=gcc4, to then either create a $PKGDIR/gcc4 subtree,
> or $PKGDIR/All/package-version.gcc4.tbz2 type package and appropriate
> symlink.  One could then just remember to change the $BINPKG-NAME entry in
> make.conf whenever one runs gcc-config, or whenever one triggers whatever
> switch and desires a corresponding binpkg-slot change.  Anything like this
> in the works?

PKGDIR=/usr/portage-pkg/gcc4 emerge -B app-admin/sudo

That ought to do what you want it to do. But then, portage will be
unable to untar-uncompress-sed/awk/whatever-tar-compress (refering to
"fixpackages" by its full name here) the binary packages in your custom
location if a package in there jumps categories.  Wow, I managed to get
back on topic :)

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