Re: [gentoo-user] How to only recompile git ebuild without fetching any sources?

[Neil Bothwick]

On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:39:39 +0300, Dex Conner wrote:

> > Setting EVCS_OFFLINE=1 should work. There's some documentation on
> > that variable here:
> > https://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-reference/git-r3.eclass/index.html
> >
> > -Marco
>
> Thank you! Is there maybe a way to set this with emerge / something
> else on a case by case basis without editing the ebuild each time?

You can set in on the command line:

EVCS_OFFLINE=1 emerge -1a somepackage

or you can set it, or any of portage's environment variables, on a per
package basis in /etc/portage/package.env:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.env


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