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Andrew Lowe schrieb: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I've had a look on the web but can't seem to find any instructions |
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> on how to do the patching of ebuilds. I have the situation where I've |
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> tried to install the media centre app MMSV2. I've done the emerge, a lot |
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> of dependent functionality was compiled and now it's up to compiling the |
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> actual MMSV2. When compiling, an error happens. I had a look in |
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> bugs.gentoo.org and there is a bug in there that covers, I think, the |
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> failure. |
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> Attached to the bug is a patch that someone has developed. I now |
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> want to use this patch to patch the ebuild and see if it really does fix |
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> the problem. My problem is that I don't know the actual steps needed to |
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> do the patching. I know about the patch utility but I don't know where |
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> the actual files are, and how I should do the patching so that Portage |
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> does not view the patched files as corrupt and therefore won't do the |
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> emerge. |
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> If someone can tell me how, or point me to a webpage that tells me |
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> how, to do the patching it would be greatly appreciated. |
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> Regards, |
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> Andrew |
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http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Creating_an_Updated_Ebuild |
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