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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-core] Re: [gentoo-dev] dummy-sources]
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:36:47
Message-Id: 1059226584.24876.14.camel@vertigo
1 Here is my message as posted in -core
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3 -----Forwarded Message-----
4 > From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
5 > To: vapier@g.o
6 > Cc: gentoo-core@g.o
7 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-core] Re: [gentoo-dev] dummy-sources
8 > Date: 26 Jul 2003 09:30:25 -0400
9 >
10 > On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 01:31, Mike Frysinger wrote:
11 > > PORTDIR_OVERLAY ... but that assumes that the user knows enough to go about
12 > > developing their own (albeit small) package to do this ...
13 >
14 > I think if they know enough to be custom patching their kernel, they can
15 > create a dummy-sources ebuild. Maybe you could create one up and submit
16 > it to breakmygentoo.net, rather than adding it to portage. As everyone
17 > else said, one of two things are going to happen. Either the person is
18 > going to be patching vanilla-sources, in which case they can have
19 > vanilla-sources installed, or they're downloading their own kernel, in
20 > which case, they can create an ebuild in the PORTDIR_OVERLAY. Hell, I
21 > went and made an ebuild for my custom kernel set, so I don't have to
22 > hand patch over 100 patches on each of my machines. I simply stuck an
23 > ebuild in my NFS mounted PORTDIR_OVERLAY and "emerge wolf-sources"... =]
24 >
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26 > Chris Gianelloni
27 > Developer, Gentoo Linux
28 >
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34 Chris Gianelloni
35 Developer, Gentoo Linux
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