From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E4111388C0 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:07:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E8D7821C043; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:07:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8546021C005 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:07:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aYvdu-0006eE-O4 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:07:43 +0100 Received: from static-71-122-242-106.tampfl.fios.verizon.net ([71.122.242.106]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:07:42 +0100 Received: from wireless by static-71-122-242-106.tampfl.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:07:42 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Attic (cvs) -> ???(git) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20160224182131.7d1d8efa@a6> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.122.242.106 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0 SeaMonkey/2.39) X-Archives-Salt: 33650e50-9a96-4088-b031-8c04e0832cb0 X-Archives-Hash: c3f9957cc9095cc856564d127325a6f8 walt gmail.com> writes: > > So using wget to fetch {package/files} from the gentoo attic was/is a > > reliable exercise to build things removed from the tree, into one's > > /usr/local/portage tree. It still works > Hi James. I need a version of net-libs/gnutls from before the switch > to git. Could I trouble you for an example of how you use wget? So > far my googling hasn't even revealed the URL of the attic :-/ Sure, I do it file by file; here is one of the 'files' (patches) I pulled down for 'showconsole' now also deprecated: wget http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/app-admin/showconsole/files/1.07-no-TIOCGDEV.patch > Thanks for any hints. If I know a package is going to be removed, I just emerge it and then copy everything to /usr/local/portage// prior to removal. Hit me up with any other questions...... hth, James