Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage question

[Mikael Hallendal <hallski@gentoo.org>]

Den 25 Aug 2001 22:23:22 +0100 skrev Christopher Burgess:
> > You can do this by:
> 
> > ebuild package.ebuild unpack
> > apply your changes
> > ebuild package.ebuild qmerge
>
> Thanks, I'll try that  - btw (so I can learn more about the portage system)
> a) what's the difference/function of emerge and ebuild, and b) why "qmerge"
> in the above command, what does that stand for/mean?

As in the mail from Drobbins, it should be merge not qmerge.

Ebuild is a tool which lets you excecute step by step in the
build-process. Please look at 'man ebuild' and 'man emerge' for the
differences.

> > If this is a patch that others would have need of (and it doesn't break
> > anything for folks with other graphic cards) we should consider adding
> > it by default.
> 
> Well I'm trying to find more about patch, though it doesn't seem official,
> and there isn't much comment on it. See:
> http://www.xfree86.org/archives/xfree86/2001-Jul/0017.shtml
> I will post here when I have found out if it works for me.

Thanks.

Regards,
  Mikael Hallendal

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Mikael Hallendal
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader
CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden