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On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:11:09 +0200 |
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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> A much better way would be to modify the ebuild to do what you want, |
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> then copy it to a local overlay. Portage will use your overlay in |
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> preference to the portage tree. You just have to then watch out for |
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> newer versions to hit the tree which will supercede your custom |
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> ebuild, and modify those new versions similarly. |
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Yes, may be it's time for me to learn how to write an ebuild. My |
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problem is that it seems to me too much work just to maintain a |
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few occasional packages locally. ;-) |
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> There's an environment variable EXTRA_ECONF intended for *users* to |
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> add extra configure options when emerging, but I have heard bad |
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> things about using this. Don't know the details, perhaps someone else |
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> who does will post in response. |
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Yes, I'm aware of EXTRA_ECONF and I use it via /etc/portage/bashrc. |
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( explained w/ example by Mr. Bo Andresen: http://tinyurl.com/39c74x ) |
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It never caused problems here. |
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I want to change the "./configure --params" for sure but perhaps I'd |
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need to alter several source files. I'm not sure if /etc/portage/bashrc |
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could do the work in the latter case but it's an idea that never |
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occurred to me before and I'm going to explore. |
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> Finally, you could just mask out mplayer entirely and build it from |
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> source using the default DESTDIR of /usr/local. It's not a complete |
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> unistall solution, but at least it doesn't collide with portage's |
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> installs in /usr/ |
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Why mask? |
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If I install it manually there would be no need for "emerge mplayer" |
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at all, right? ;-) |
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(additionally "/usr/local/(s)bin" precedes "/usr/(s)bin" in $PATH by |
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default) |
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Anyways, this is not an option for me because I hate cleaning forgotten |
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files or keeping the src for eventual "make uninstall". |
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I'd prefer compiling the program with PREFIX="$HOME/program_name". |
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So, for the time being I'll try to solve the problem via |
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"/etc/portage/bashrc", while waiting for more possible advices. |
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Best regards, |
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Daniel |
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