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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:09:55 +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote: |
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> > mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/category/package |
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> > ## Dont't copy all ebuilds, just the one to be tweaked: |
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> Unless you are really short of disk space, what's wrong with |
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> copying the complete package directory - it makes life much |
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> simpler. |
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There's nothing wrong with it, but it makes life harder: now I must |
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remember which of the ebuilds in /usr/local/portage/*/* I have |
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patched and which not. It's much easier to have only ebuilds in |
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there that I've actually changed. |
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> If you just want to add a patch, you can do it with bashrc, no |
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> need to mess with overlays: |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-339019.html |
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(Or http://dev.gentoo.org/~solar/portage_misc/bashrc.autopatch for |
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the original.) |
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Well, yes, that is one way. But mostly I do not want things to be |
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autopatched: I just want to change this one version and not any |
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newer one. And I do not want to have to remember to remove |
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/usr/portage/local/patches/category/package afterwards; patch, |
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emerge and forget is easier. |
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Also, when using overlays 'emerge -pev world' will immediately show |
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which packages have been patched (because coming from my overlay). |
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When autopatching, one has to check /usr/portage/local/patches/ |
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separately. |
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> There's a script floating around that will copy an ebuild to your |
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> overlay and bump its version. |
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Found it here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=445501 |
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Since this script is a bit too verbose for my taste, I've continued |
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working on my own. Using the post_src_unpack() function mentioned |
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by Bo, the inserting of patches becomes pretty easy. See the |
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attached file. Suggestions and improvements are welcome. |
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> But neither of these are related to the original |
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> question, which was about preserving old versions. |
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Yes, sorry for changing focus; I was reacting to this: |
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> > > Overlays are there specifically for people who need |
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> > > something different from the standard portage tree. |
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Benno |
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