From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13243 invoked by uid 1002); 26 Jul 2003 13:36:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 8299 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2003 13:36:46 -0000 From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1059226584.24876.14.camel@vertigo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 26 Jul 2003 09:36:24 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [gentoo-dev] [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-core] Re: [gentoo-dev] dummy-sources] X-Archives-Salt: 546ee1e3-0c8e-4bec-8728-4ba84475a612 X-Archives-Hash: ef3528fc8f7f488a5e5f3d0e23351357 Here is my message as posted in -core -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Chris Gianelloni > 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"... =] > > -- > Chris Gianelloni > Developer, Gentoo Linux > > > -- > gentoo-core@gentoo.org mailing list > -- Chris Gianelloni Developer, Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list