Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE weather plugin does not work

[David W Noon]

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:03:10 +0300, Gevisz (gevisz@×××××.com) wrote
about "Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE weather plugin does not work" (in
<544210d1.22a0700a.56bc.5820@×××××××××.com>):

On 18/10/14 08:03, Gevisz wrote:
[snip]
>> I have unpacked your patches to /etc/portage/patches as described here:
>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/patches
>> and then run # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin
>
>> After restarting xfce4, the weather-plugin started to work. Thank you.

You're welcome.  The Xfce developers did the hard yakka, I simply
massaged the patches so that they would apply cleanly on Gentoo systems.

>> Nevertheless, just
>> # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world
>> instead of # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin
>> did not worked.

That's because the plugin's version/release number has not been
modified, so emerge will not process it.

> The ebuild should have the following lines added:
>
> src_prepare() {
>         epatch_user
> }
>
>> I have not done this relying on the promise by  Greg Kubaryk
>> that the ebuild is epatch_user enabled.

That can be a bit variable.  I still put the epatch_user command in
explicitly, just to be certain.

> Don't forget to redo the manifest for the ebuild.
>
>> I never dealt with ebuilds on a maintaner level.
>> So, may I ask if it is really necessary and for which purpose.

If you modify the ebuild then you *must* update the manifest.  If you
don't modify the ebuild then there is no need.
-- 
Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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