From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S3qZI-0004rq-S0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:08:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 92959E073B; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:07:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC296E06B1 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:06:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S3qVe-002U1r-4q for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:04:34 +0700 Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so2772226vbb.40 for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:04:29 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of pandu@poluan.info designates 10.52.34.109 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.52.34.109; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of pandu@poluan.info designates 10.52.34.109 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=pandu@poluan.info Received: from mr.google.com ([10.52.34.109]) by 10.52.34.109 with SMTP id y13mr23827621vdi.4.1330787069855 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:04:29 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.34.109 with SMTP id y13mr20352665vdi.4.1330787069827; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:04:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 07:04:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 07:04:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120303160010.4dcae550@khamul.example.com> References: <20120303160010.4dcae550@khamul.example.com> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 22:04:29 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rng-tools From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf30780c5c919b3a04ba58021b X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 39d24a9d-766d-4959-bd3f-3234db189683 X-Archives-Hash: 43c101743218652abee4832bcb44c702 --20cf30780c5c919b3a04ba58021b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mar 3, 2012 9:05 PM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:48:59 -0500 > Michael Mol wrote: > > > So I've been making extensive use of rngd on one of my Debian servers, > > and I wanted to make use of it on a couple of my Gentoo boxes. Only to > > find out that two parameters I need, -T and -R, aren't available, even > > when I unmask version '3' in portage. Even the manpage contains > > 'FIXME' where the Debian manpage contains much more information. > > > > The version of the rng-tools Debian package I'm using is > > '2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1'. Are the -T and -R parameters unique > > to Debian, or is the Gentoo package simply out of date? > > > > You should download the .deb and see if it contains custom patches > (rather likely actually). If you want those patches applied, stick them > in /etc/portage/patches/ in the proper place. > > I can never remember how all that stuff works, I have to Google it each > time :-) Start here if you haven't heard of user-custom patch > support in portage yet: > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-791464.html > http://klaig.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-apply-user-patches-in-portage.html > > Remember that it depends on whether the ebuild for the package support user patches or not. Rgds, --20cf30780c5c919b3a04ba58021b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mar 3, 2012 9:05 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:48:59 -0500
> Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com= > wrote:
>
> > So I've been making extensive use of rngd on one of my Debian= servers,
> > and I wanted to make use of it on a couple of my Gentoo boxes. On= ly to
> > find out that two parameters I need, -T and -R, aren't availa= ble, even
> > when I unmask version '3' in portage. Even the manpage co= ntains
> > 'FIXME' where the Debian manpage contains much more infor= mation.
> >
> > The version of the rng-tools Debian package I'm using is
> > '2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1'. Are the -T and -R para= meters unique
> > to Debian, or is the Gentoo package simply out of date?
> >
>
> You should download the .deb and see if it contains custom patches
> (rather likely actually). If you want those patches applied, stick the= m
> in /etc/portage/patches/ in the proper place.
>
> I can never remember how all that stuff works, I have to Google it eac= h
> time :-) =C2=A0 Start here if you haven't heard of user-custom pat= ch
> support in portage yet:
>
> http://fo= rums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-791464.html
> http://klaig.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-apply-user-patch= es-in-portage.html
>
>

Remember that it depends on whether the ebuild for the package support u= ser patches or not.

Rgds,

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