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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to support a package going out of tree
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:01:25
Message-Id: 20180126140108.06372406@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] how to support a package going out of tree by Raffaele Belardi
1 On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:13:32 +0100, Raffaele Belardi wrote:
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3 > One of my son's favourite games (hedgewars) is going out of tree due to
4 > dependency on deprecated QT4.
5 >
6 > I already have a local overlay with a modified hedgewars ebuild which
7 > adds support for a non-standard USE flag but I suppose this will not be
8 > sufficient to continue using/building the game. Once the dependencies
9 > will go out of tree also there will be little chance to rebuild the
10 > game if necessary, right?.
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12 Right, so copy the dependencies to your overlay too. Portage will warn
13 you when they are slated for removal.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to support a package going out of tree Raffaele Belardi <raffaele.belardi@××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] how to support a package going out of tree Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>