[gentoo-dev] making binary packages

[gentoo-dev] making binary packages

[Joe Bormolini]

Is it possible to make a package from the information in /var/db/pkg ? I
don't want to have to recompile the whole thing just to make a package of
what I already have available =) Just a thought... I hope this is (or
becomes) a planned feature.

	--lordjoe

Re: [gentoo-dev] making binary packages

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 03:38:31PM +0000, Joe Bormolini wrote:
> Is it possible to make a package from the information in /var/db/pkg ? I
> don't want to have to recompile the whole thing just to make a package of
> what I already have available =) Just a thought... I hope this is (or
> becomes) a planned feature.
> 
> 	--lordjoe

Well, even if we hacked our md5 digests to work in /var/db/pkg, it would only
work for packages that don't reference anything in ${FILESDIR}.  Quite a few
use auxilliary files and patches, and these things aren't available in
/var/db/pkg.  So it wouldn't really work.

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

Re: [gentoo-dev] making binary packages

[Joe Bormolini]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> Well, even if we hacked our md5 digests to work in /var/db/pkg, it would
> only
> work for packages that don't reference anything in ${FILESDIR}.  Quite a
> few
> use auxilliary files and patches, and these things aren't available in
> /var/db/pkg.  So it wouldn't really work.
> 
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Why would it matter if they had patches? Do they make it into binary
packages? I am not familiar with gentoo binary packages, I just assumed
they just had the bins and the package info that would go into
/var/db/pkg...

<whine> i don't wanna rebuild X just to make a package out of it </whine>
=)

	--lordjoe

Re: [gentoo-dev] making binary packages

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 04:03:45PM +0000, Joe Bormolini wrote:

> Why would it matter if they had patches? Do they make it into binary
> packages? I am not familiar with gentoo binary packages, I just assumed
> they just had the bins and the package info that would go into
> /var/db/pkg...
> 
> <whine> i don't wanna rebuild X just to make a package out of it </whine>
> =)

Well, then you can "emerge --buildpkg xfree-4.1.0.ebuild"; emerge will build
packages as it merges, which should be what you want. :)

Best Regards,

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

Re: [gentoo-dev] making binary packages

[Joe Bormolini]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> 
> Well, then you can "emerge --buildpkg xfree-4.1.0.ebuild"; emerge will
> build
> packages as it merges, which should be what you want. :)
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> -- 
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but i already built it! All the files and information about the files that
were built/installed is there... why can't I make a package from it? I, for
one, think it would be a useful feature.

anyway, is there more to a gentoo tbz2 binary package than just the files
and the info that would go in /var/db/pkg? I did a quick check of the
portage user guide and the faq and found no mention of it.

	--lordjoe