[gentoo-dev] [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-core] Re: [gentoo-dev] dummy-sources]

[gentoo-dev] [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-core] Re: [gentoo-dev] dummy-sources]

[Chris Gianelloni]

Here is my message as posted in -core

-----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>
> To: vapier@gentoo.org
> Cc: gentoo-core@gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-core] Re: [gentoo-dev] dummy-sources
> Date: 26 Jul 2003 09:30:25 -0400
> 
> On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 01:31, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > PORTDIR_OVERLAY ... but that assumes that the user knows enough to go about 
> > developing their own (albeit small) package to do this ...
> 
> I think if they know enough to be custom patching their kernel, they can
> create a dummy-sources ebuild.  Maybe you could create one up and submit
> it to breakmygentoo.net, rather than adding it to portage.  As everyone
> else said, one of two things are going to happen.  Either the person is
> going to be patching vanilla-sources, in which case they can have
> vanilla-sources installed, or they're downloading their own kernel, in
> which case, they can create an ebuild in the PORTDIR_OVERLAY.  Hell, I
> went and made an ebuild for my custom kernel set, so I don't have to
> hand patch over 100 patches on each of my machines.  I simply stuck an
> ebuild in my NFS mounted PORTDIR_OVERLAY and "emerge wolf-sources"... =]
> 
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> Chris Gianelloni
> Developer, Gentoo Linux
> 
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Chris Gianelloni
Developer, Gentoo Linux


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