Re: [gentoo-user] Howto patch ebuilds?

[Rumen Yotov]

Leonardo wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I'm trying to apply a patch from gentoo bugzilla on a ebuild
> that's in portage, but cannot find infos on how to do it.
>
> Can anybody please tell me what should I do or wher to find the
> necessary info?
>
> Ciao and thanks again to everybody.
>
> Leo
>
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Hi,
If you don't have portage-overlay configured:
#mkdir /usr/local/portage
#echo "PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage" >> /etc/make.conf
...SKIP ABOVE... if PORTDIR_OVERLAY etc. already there
category=category package belongs to (e.g. sys-apps)
package=package-name (e.g. 'acl')
#mkdir /usr/local/portage/$category
#mkdir /usr/local/portage/$category/$package
#cp -arv /usr/portage/$category/$package/*
/usr/local/portage/$category/$package
copy "patch-name..." in /usr/local/portage/$category/$package/files
Edit /usr/local/portage/$category/$package/$package-version-rev.ebuild
adding in src_unpack() function:
epatch ${FILESDIR}/"patch-name..."
Save&exit
#ebuild
/usr/local/portage/$category/$package/$package-version-rev.ebuild digest
#emerge $category/$package -av
Hope i didn't screwed something so check it again (some things might be
made shorter though).
HTH.Rumen