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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Building a binary package without installing
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:14:56
Message-Id: jqndto$6u0$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Building a binary package without installing by Dale
1 On 06/06/12 13:59, Dale wrote:
2 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 >> I wish to build a binary package of glibc-2.14.1-r3. I don't want to
4 >> actually install it on my system. Just build a tbz2 for it to use on
5 >> another system. Is there a way to do that? Portage aborts when
6 >> emerging an older glibc and won't let you proceed, so I can't just
7 >> install it normally and them build a binpkg.
8 >>
9 >>
10 >>
11 >
12 >
13 > This should help:
14 >
15 > --buildpkgonly (-B)
16 > Creates binary packages for all ebuilds processed
17 > without actually merging the packages. This comes with the caveat that
18 > all build-time dependencies must already be emerged on the system.
19
20 Oh my, I must be blind. I was looking at the man page for a while and
21 *still* missed that option...
22
23 Alzheimer's must be setting in :-P Thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Building a binary package without installing Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>