[gentoo-dev] portage-1.5_pre7

[<drobbins@gentoo.org>]

Hi all,

I just committed sys-apps/portage-1.5_pre7, a brand new *test* 
version of Portage with recursive merging capability.

Here's how to install it.  First, update your /usr/portage tree.
Then, do the following:

# cd /etc
# rm make.conf.eg
# rm make.defaults.eg
(if they exist, that is)

# cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage
# ebuild portage-1.5_pre7.ebuild merge

# cd /etc
# ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default make.profile

The _beta_ recursive merging capability can be used as follows.

# emerge --pretend foo-1.0.ebuild

This will show you the ebuilds that will be merged to install this
particular ebuild.  Build deps will be listed first, then runtime
deps.  There may be duplicates in the runtime deps list; this is 
normal.  The package in question won't be installed twice, since 
this dependency will be satisfied by the time emerge gets to the
runtime deps.  To do the "real" install:

# emerge foo-1.0.ebuild

:)))

I'm currently using emerge on cvs.gentoo.org, with success.
It will also work (not with full profile support yet) if you do
this:

# export ROOT=/mnt/gentoo
# emerge foo-1.0.ebuild

All build dependencies will be installed to "/" and all runtime
dependencies will be installed to "/mnt/gentoo" :)))

Enjoy,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.