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Richard Fish wrote: |
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> On 5/22/06, Anthony E. Caudel <acaudel@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I need to make a change in the code for a gentoo package (pgcalc2) to |
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>> check whether it corrects a problem. If I simply download it with |
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>> emerge -f pgcalc2, make the correction and then try to finish the |
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>> emerge, it will fail the md5 check. |
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>> How can I do this? |
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> Assuming you have a fairly standard setup: |
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> ebuild /usr/portage/sci-calculators/pgcalc2/pgcalc2-2.2.4.ebuild unpack |
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> <make change in /var/tmp/portage/pgcalc2-2.2.4/work> |
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> ebuild /usr/portage/sci-calculators/pgcalc2/pgcalc2-2.2.4.ebuild compile |
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> ebuild /usr/portage/sci-calculators/pgcalc2/pgcalc2-2.2.4.ebuild install |
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> See "man ebuild". |
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> -Richard |
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Thanks, Richard. Those steps did the trick. And the author's |
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correction fixed the problem also. |
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So, with a final "ebuild ... qmerge", I have a working pgcalc2. |
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Tony |
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