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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Questions about building from source tarball
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:16:16
Message-Id: 20121102091401.1be55db3@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Questions about building from source tarball by David Relson
1 On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 23:33:44 -0400, David Relson wrote:
2
3 > 1) create directory /usr/local/portage/app-example/some-package
4 > 2) copy some-package.x.y.z.ebuild to some-package.x.y.z-r1.ebuild (in
5 > the new directory).
6 > 3) Some editing of the new ebuild might be needed here...
7
8 Some files in the files directory may also be needed (init scripts,
9 patches etc.) I prefer to copy the whole ebuild directory from $PORTDIR to
10 my overlay, rename the current ebuild and delete the older ones, leaving
11 files/ untouched.
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14 --
15 Neil Bothwick
16
17 Home is where you hang your @.

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