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Magnus Johansson wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> I'm very new to gentoo. I've installed qmail and wanted to use the same |
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> patches that I'm used to so I did it the old way, download source, patch |
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> and install. Now, how do I tell Portage/emerge that qmail is actually |
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> already installed? (How should I have done it?) |
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emerge --inject qmail |
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shuld do that |
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Also if you want personal patching you will discover it's easy make a |
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portage overlay in /usr/local/portage |
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saying to portage that you wont use it putting in /etc/make.conf |
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PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" |
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copy /usr/portage/mail-mta/qmail /usr/local/portage/mail-mta/qmail |
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edit the ebuild and search for "epatch" to see what gentoo ebuild already do |
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should be quite easy add your patches, and if you don't understand |
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something probably it's documented ;) |
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when finished you will need to run "ebuild path/name.ebuild digest" and |
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emerge it |
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still one thing, if u don't want it to be overwritten from future |
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version mask higer version in /etc/portage/package.mask |
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excuse me if I give u only some guidelines and not a full guide but it's |
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too much for a mail and all is well documented :) |
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P.S. |
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Obviously this has a sense if you intend to maintain that system or if |
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you need to install more systems, for une shot build it's expensive. |
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ciao francesco |
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