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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev;
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On March 11, 2012 at 4:27 PM Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:37:26 -0400 (EDT)
> Daddy <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote:
>
> > We have spare parts so tomorrow I'll build a test machine. My Gentoo
> > knowledge is quite limited, seeing as how we moved back after 9 years
> > and had to start life over. But I can start by following this guide,
> > and probably reading and learning about ebuilds. They're quite
> > different from Slackware's build scripts, primarily due to dependency
> > checking, etc.
>
> Once you've got the hang of building a Gentoo system from scratch, the
> best thing you can do is read all the man pages from portage and seeing
> how that compares to what's in simple ebuilds.
>
> ebuilds are quite straightforward, they all have a "global" section (my
> phrase) defining various constants, and code sections for fetching,
> unpacking, compiling, installing sources and the files to the live
> system. Quite simple in concept.
>
> The fun starts when ebuilds work fine and the dev's machine and get
> published, but don;t do quite the same thing on your machine :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Alan McKinnnon
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
The ebuild in my local overlay that evolved from an official one has EAPI=2
But when I issue "some.ebuild" it has EAPI=3 on this box. And iirc another
of my boxen has EAPI=4.
Yes, much studying yet to be done.
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On March 11, 2012 at 4:27 PM Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
<br/>
<br/>
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:37:26 -0400 (EDT)
<br/>
> Daddy <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote:
<br/>
>
<br/>
> > We have spare parts so tomorrow I'll build a test machine. My Gentoo
<br/>
> > knowledge is quite limited, seeing as how we moved back after 9 years
<br/>
> > and had to start life over. But I can start by following this guide,
<br/>
> > and probably reading and learning about ebuilds. They're quite
<br/>
> > different from Slackware's build scripts, primarily due to dependency
<br/>
> > checking, etc.
<br/>
>
<br/>
> Once you've got the hang of building a Gentoo system from scratch, the
<br/>
> best thing you can do is read all the man pages from portage and seeing
<br/>
> how that compares to what's in simple ebuilds.
<br/>
>
<br/>
> ebuilds are quite straightforward, they all have a "global" section (my
<br/>
> phrase) defining various constants, and code sections for fetching,
<br/>
> unpacking, compiling, installing sources and the files to the live
<br/>
> system. Quite simple in concept.
<br/>
>
<br/>
> The fun starts when ebuilds work fine and the dev's machine and get
<br/>
> published, but don;t do quite the same thing on your machine :-)
<br/>
>
<br/>
>
<br/>
>
<br/>
> --
<br/>
> Alan McKinnnon
<br/>
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
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<p>The ebuild in my local overlay that evolved from an official one has EAPI=2</p>
<p>But when I issue "some.ebuild" it has EAPI=3 on this box. And iirc another of my boxen has EAPI=4.</p>
<p>Yes, much studying yet to be done. </p>
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