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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:03:53
Message-Id: 20100810182244.2b90471b@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build? by Alex Schuster
1 On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:53:12 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote:
2
3 > ebuild /path/to/category/package.ebuild unpack
4 >
5 > Read the man page, I'm not sure if things like fetching will be done
6 > when necessary.
7
8 It will, ebuild carries out any prior steps if they are needed. You may
9 want to use ebuild ... prepare instead of ebuild ... unpack. It carries
10 out any pre-compilation steps, like applying patches.
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12 If you are doing this because you want to apply a patch yourself, you can
13 use one of the above, apply your patches, then run ebuild ... merge to
14 complete the process and install it. man 1 ebuild explains it all.
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17 --
18 Neil Bothwick
19
20 What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered
21 plant?

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