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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:58:06 -0400 |
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Dave Nebinger wrote: |
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> >> We've had two misleading posts on this subject, which basically only |
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> >> offer a guess to a question that is very easily answered! |
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> > So I made a gross overlook, but why can't you be civil about it? |
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> Sorry, Willy, but for as long as Nick has been posting I would just assume |
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> he was having a bad moment and not take it so personally. |
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> But Nick, my original position was the assumption that the USE flags |
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> controlled the builds and enabled/disabled features as indicated. |
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> Up to this point I haven't read a single ebuild, and I wouldn't have thought |
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> of going there to check pine's maildir compatibility, so I'm glad you |
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> pointed that out. |
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> That being said, I've got enough on my plate already; how often is it that |
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> we should be reading ebuilds to find relevant clues to how a package is |
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> going to work when installed? |
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Look I apologise for being intemperate, lets move on. |
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But lets also remember to be accurate in our posts. I think there is a |
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good deal of "guess the answer" going on on this list, this isn't |
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pointed at anyone in particular. |
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So to be positive about it heres how i found the answer: |
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1. looked to see if there were mbox or maildir USE flags that affected |
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the build of pine - answer NO |
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2. google "pine maildir" and discover that there are patches in |
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circulation - answer YES |
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3. grep the pine ebuild for the lines with epatch and see that none seem |
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to have any obvious connection with the term "maildir" - answer NO |
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4. grep the ebuild for the term "maildir' and find what i posted. |
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I never used to read many ebuilds, now I find its a useful step, |
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particularly to see what effect USE flags have, what changes gentoo |
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makes to the build, and what configuartion files of its own gentoo uses. |
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I'm not intending this email to challenge your methodology for |
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troubleshooting, just to point out that: |
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a. accurate postings will raise the signal to noise ratio significantly |
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b. reading the ebuild is a worthwhile troubleshooting step. |
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Cheers, Nick |
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