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From: yendor <Rod@×××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OWFS Ebuld
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:12:44
Message-Id: 4F9BC74C.5000601@Rods.id.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OWFS Ebuld by Florian Philipp
1 On 28/04/2012 8:00 PM, Florian Philipp wrote:
2 > Am 28.04.2012 11:42, schrieb yendor:
3 >> Hi,
4 >>
5 >> I'm just wondering when OWFS Ebuild will be upgraded ???
6 >>
7 >> The current ebuild...
8 >>
9 >> # emerge -s owfs
10 >> Searching...
11 >> [ Results for search key : owfs ]
12 >> [ Applications found : 1 ]
13 >>
14 >> * sys-fs/owfs
15 >> Latest version available: 2.7_p21
16 >> Latest version installed: 2.7_p21
17 >> Size of files: 1,218 kB
18 >> Homepage: http://www.owfs.org/ http://owfs.sourceforge.net/
19 >> Description: Access 1-Wire devices like a filesystem
20 >> License: GPL-2
21 >>
22 >> is wayyyyy out of date
23 >>
24 >> Looking on sourceforge,
25 >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/owfs/files/owfs/
26 >>
27 >> the 2.7_p21 is dated 2009-04-24
28 >>
29 >> 2.8_p0 was released 2010-08-02
30 >>
31 >>
32 >> Current version and release = 2.8_p14 on 16 Jan 2012
33 >>
34 >>
35 >> So, when will OWFS be updated....
36 >>
37 >> Yes, I could go away and wrote a .ebuild file, yes, I know, but if I
38 >> could, I wouldn't be here asking...
39 >>
40 >>
41 > Take a look at https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277265
42 >
43 > Maybe you should add your comment there, vote for the bug or ask the
44 > developer nicely. He is not listed as devaway so you should be able to
45 > contact him.
46 >
47 > In the meant time, you could use the ebuild attached to the bug.
48 >
49 > Regards,
50 > Florian Philipp
51 >
52
53 Dang firefox, security exception on the bugz site :(
54
55 I have compiled it locally (not thru ebuild) and copied the owfs
56 exec file to /usr/bin/owfs, and the required library to /usr/lib, I'm
57 sure to get errors once this package is ever going to get upgraded, but
58 for now, I think I forgot my long lost bugz password :P
59
60 Thanks for the direction and pointers :)

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