Re: [gentoo-user] XFCE weather plugin does not work

[David W Noon]

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:58:40 +0300, Gevisz (gevisz@×××××.com) wrote
about "Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE weather plugin does not work" (in
<5442aa74.8212980a.2836.7866@×××××××××.com>):

> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:18:34 +0100
> David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote:
[snip]
>> You're welcome.  The Xfce developers did the hard yakka, I simply
>> massaged the patches so that they would apply cleanly on Gentoo systems.
>
> Thank you anyway. :)
>
> But may I ask you if applying those patches could result
> in disappearing an alternative keyboard layout?

There is nothing in those patches that can affect keyboard
configuration.  The patches only handle data received over a HTTP
connection to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.  No keyboard stuff
at all.

>> If you modify the ebuild then you *must* update the manifest.  If you
>> don't modify the ebuild then there is no need.
>
> Do you mean that putting the patches into /etc/portage/patches/ directory
> and emerging the packet does not change the corresponding ebuild?

The ebuild is a small text file that scripts the build process.  The
patches are external files to this process.  As a result, the patches do
not affect the MD5 checksum for the ebuild file in the package's manifest.

> According to my experience, it is not the case because, reemerging the
> xfce4-weather-plugin with the patches deleted from /etc/portage/patches/
> directory, I've still got the working plugin and, only after unmerging it
> and re-emerging it again without the patches, I returned to its "no-data"
> condition.

If it remained working then it was probably because you remained logged
in to your Xfce desktop, which has the plugin cached inside the Xfce
panel's address space.
-- 
Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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