On 31/03/13 at 12:41pm, Tanstaafl wrote: > Googled and can't seem to find an answer to this... > > I've had FEATURES="buildpkg" for some time on my system, so I already > have udev-171-r10 quickpkg'd... > > But for the life of me, I can't seem to find instructions for how to > convert /usr/portage/packages/sys-fs/udev-171-r10.tbz2 to an ebuild that > I can then add to my local overlay... > > Can this be done with the quickpkg command, or some other portage > tool/command? Or do I have to > > Anyone know how to do this? > > I'm basically using this udev event to learn a little about how quickpkg > works, so, since udev-171 is no longer in the portage tree, I want to > convert my quickpkg of it to an ebuild in my local overlay so my mask > will work again... then I'll back everything up, and do the update to > udev...
Although that is sort of possible that's not how your supposed to use binary packages with portage. What you need to do is add the original ebuild for udev-171 to your local overlay as is. Then run emerge using the -g option see man emerge. For more info on bin packages see http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide -- - Yohan Pereira The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain
