From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from chamber.cco.caltech.edu (chamber.cco.caltech.edu [131.215.48.55]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAF9B2019F8E for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:02:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from groug.home.net (PPP-36-182.caltech.edu [131.215.36.182]) by chamber.cco.caltech.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA21346 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" From: George Shapovalov To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] How to test ebuild install without recompiling? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:40:57 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <20020412193416.GA32215@cfl.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20020412193416.GA32215@cfl.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200204121640.57114.georges@its.caltech.edu> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 8b69786e-47ee-45ef-8993-a628d6f62113 X-Archives-Hash: 264b1e1ca18c2381b7f89c036750ee5a Edit your /etc/make.conf file and make sure that you have the line: FEATURES=3D"sandbox noauto" You might want to put more stuff in that line, read description in make.c= onf. George On Friday 12 April 2002 12:34, Eric F Sorton wrote: > Hi All, > > I am in the process of creating an ebuild for "qcad". > > The "build" step was created in short order. The "install" step is, > however, giving me problems. Currently, my biggest holdup is the cycle > time to test changes to my ebuild. Each time I change my ebuild, when = I > issue the "ebuild qcad-.ebuild install", I get a message stating > that the ebuild changed. The working directory is erased. As a > consequence of this, I have to watch my application be rebuilt (which > takes a few minutes). > > So, is there a way, when testing an ebuild, to force ebuild, the > application, NOT to rebuild the entire application. I looked through > the manpage and the portage HOWTO, but I didn't see anything obvious. > > Thanks for the assistance,