Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bisect a problem going back months?

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
> On 09/13/2010 05:38 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is a Gentoo way to bisect a bug
>
> A bit off-topic, but it would be awesome if we could run git bisect with
> live ebuilds.  Right now, I'm using xf86-video-ati-9999 for example. When I
> update it and there's a bug, I can't really bisect it; I need to grab the
> sources from Git manually and install it outside of portage (and that's
> bad.)
>
> I guess it might be a good idea for the next GSoC?

That would actually be quite cool actually - to be able to bisect but
stay within portage.

- Mark