Re: [gentoo-user] Re: installing LTSP

[hw]

James wrote:
> hw <hw <at> gc-24.de> writes:
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>> I'm trying to set up an ltsp server.  It seems
>> that one of the required packages is no longer
>> available:
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> I never used ltsp so take what I say with a grain of salt....
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> Look around the old code is out there. Find an old version that works
> and get that working. Then go to the ltsp upstream development site
> and get the latest stable release.

I think I can get something to work.  I'd rather see ltsp in the
Gentoo repo rather than as an overlay, and I'd rather use the
overlay as is.

> Create your own ebuild so you not
> dependant for the devs to maintain what you like. Also, look around at
> the other gentoo-derivate OS and see if they have some ltsp hack of
> an ebuild lying around.   The gentoo attics is your friend [2]

I don't know how to create packages, and I don't have endless amounts
of time.  Looking at what Funtoo has might be a good idea, yet they
don't even have a mailing list.  Otherwise I'd have tried it instead
of Gentoo ...

> You can usually find a way to build/install it, without using a gentoo
> ebuild, but that is not the preferred method.
> https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ltsp.xml:: has been removed, so the devs think
> it is useless or nobody wants to maintain it. If you really like that
> package, be the proxy maintainer once you repair/upgrade the associated
> ebuilds. Seen the proxy-maintainer project in the gentoo wiki for more detail.

It's not so much about 'liking' but about 'requiring'.  I simply need it
to work last week ...


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> hth,
> James
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> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/ltsp.git
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> http://www.ltsp.org/
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> https://gpo.zugaina.org/Overlays
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