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On Wednesday 24 April 2002 14:35, you wrote: |
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> it seems gentooppc-user and gentooppc-dev are not included in the To |
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> field when Daniel et al post announcements .. for the moment i'll fwd |
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> to the list (i have emailed asking that ppc be added) |
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more specific: we'll have "ppc-sources" (maybe ppc-sources-xfs, I don't know) |
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and a linux-headers with ARCH switching, so that basically all archs share |
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the same linux-header ebuild but have different sources. |
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This will probably be "visible" in ppc portage by the end of the week |
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Best regards, |
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Pieter |
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> ----- Forwarded message from Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> ----- |
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> > Date: 23 Apr 2002 09:05:32 -0600 |
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> > From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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> > Reply-To: gentoo-user@g.o |
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> > To: gentoo-announce@g.o, gentoo-dev@g.o, |
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> > gentoo-user@g.o, gentoo-core@g.o |
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> > Subject: [gentoo-user] New sys-kernel tree layout |
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> > X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 |
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> > Hi all, |
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> > We now have a new arrangement in Portage's sys-kernel tree. |
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> > sys-kernel/linux-sources no longer exists, and has been replaced with |
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> > the following consistently-named selection of kernel source packages: |
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> > gentoo-sources: |
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> > |
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> > The gentoo-sources ebuild is our replacement for our previous |
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> > linux-sources ebuild. It contains a "custom" Gentoo Linux kernel source |
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> > tree, optimized for server performance and desktop responsiveness. We |
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> > try to ensure that this kernel is very fast and stable and we recommend |
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> > this kernel for most people. However, XFS support is no longer included |
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> > in this kernel. If you use XFS, use sys-kernel/xfs-sources. |
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> > vanilla-sources: |
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> > |
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> > The vanilla-sources ebuild installs a "mainline" kernel source tree, |
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> > giving you the exact same thing as if you downloaded a stock kernel from |
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> > kernel.org. It will be handy for those who use stock kernel source tree |
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> > -- now you can merge this kernel, and have a kernel source tree |
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> > installed to /usr/src automatically. |
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> > usermode-sources: |
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> > |
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> > This usermode-sources ebuild installs mainline sources that have been |
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> > patched to support user-mode Linux (a special technology that allows you |
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> > to run "Linux inside Linux.") |
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> > xfs-sources: |
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> > The xfs-sources ebuild installs sources that support XFS; specifically, |
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> > this ebuild contains a CVS snapshot of SGI's own XFS source tree. In |
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> > the future, we may add other minor (and stable) performance-enhancing |
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> > patches as well. We've found that using a SGI XFS CVS shapshot is the |
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> > best way to go if you're going to use the XFS filesystem. If any of |
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> > your Gentoo Linux filesystems are XFS, then, you'll need to use this |
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> > kernel. |
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> > openmosix-sources: |
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> > The openmosix-sources ebuild installs a kernel source tree that has been |
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> > specially patched with support for the GPL openMosix clustering and |
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> > load- balancing technology. For more info, see |
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> > http://www.openmosix.com. |
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> > |
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> > I hope you find the new layout more intuitive. All ebuilds work |
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> > similarly and will install a kernel source tree to a directory inside |
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> > /usr/src and will set the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to this |
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> > directory. We also plan to add a greater selection of kernels in the |
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> > future -- even customized kernels from other distributions like Mandrake |
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> > and Red Hat. |
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> > |
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> > Best Regards, |
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> |
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Pieter Van den Abeele |
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pvdabeel@××××××.be |