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On Monday 09 January 2006 11:15 am, Holly Bostick wrote: |
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> Beau E. Cox schreef: |
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> > Hi - |
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> > I'm working on a series of ebuilds for the more esoteric CPAN modules |
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> > that I use. In the Gentoo Developer Handbook there is a statement |
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> > about PORTDIR_OVERLAY: |
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> > "In that directory, you must use the same structure (and categories) |
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> > as in /usr/portage." |
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> > OK. But I really want to make a new category, i.e. 'cpan'; ( tried |
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> > it, doesn't work ). Is there a way to 'fake out' portage into using a |
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> > new category without breaking everything? |
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> Question #1-- what's wrong with dev-perl, where all the other modules |
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> are (and then naming the modules cpan-whatever, I suppose)? |
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Answer #1-- I am doing that now. It's OK, but I sometimes have the |
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same module that is already in dev-perl; I would like to be distinct |
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with my config/version/mods/patches/etc. |
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> Question # 2-- have you looked at g-cpan? |
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> app-portage/g-cpan |
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> Available versions: 0.13.01 0.13.02 |
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> Installed: none |
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> Homepage: http://dev.gentoo.org/~mcummings/ |
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> Description: g-cpan: generate and install CPAN modules |
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> using portage |
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Answer # 2-- No. But I will! Thanks, Holly. |
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> HTH, |
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> Holly |
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Aloha => Beau; |
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