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John David Ratliff said: |
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> I want to create an ebuild for a software package, but I am confused on |
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> the directions. The ebuild HOWTO tells me to checkout portage from CVS, |
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> however, it lists no CVS server or what kind of authentication to use. |
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> Is this restricted to 'official' developers? If so, can I still create |
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> and submit an ebuild? If not, what is the CVSROOT setting so I can |
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> checkout portage? |
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> I also need to add the software to the gentoo mirrors. I read in one of |
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> the HOWTOs that cvs snapshots could be added to the mirror. This is |
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> similar, except they use the same filename for every new version, so |
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> there is no way to know which version you are downloading from their |
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> site. Additionally, each new version requires different a specific |
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> version of another package to be downloaded, so it is crucial that the |
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> version of the original package is known. So I thought maybe I could add |
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> this with a version number to the gentoo mirror. |
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> Finally, I am unsure where in portage it should be added. It is a |
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> cross-compiler for C into native binaries for a specific kind of |
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> calculator. The software is a modified version of GCC and binutils. |
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> Thanks... |
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im gonna take a guess that since hes posted here: |
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http://smallurl.com?i=11612 the linux maintainer of tigcc is probly a |
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gentooian also, maybe you can get in contact with him over help with |
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naming the ebuild or maintaining it |
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Joe Booker |
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