James wrote:
hw <hw <at> gc-24.de> writes:
I'm trying to set up an ltsp server. It seems
that one of the required packages is no longer
available:
I never used ltsp so take what I say with a grain of salt....
Look around the old code is out there. Find an old version that works
and get that working. Then go to the ltsp upstream development site
and get the latest stable release.
I think I can get something to work. I'd rather see ltsp in the
Gentoo repo rather than as an overlay, and I'd rather use the
overlay as is.
Create your own ebuild so you not
dependant for the devs to maintain what you like. Also, look around at
the other gentoo-derivate OS and see if they have some ltsp hack of
an ebuild lying around. The gentoo attics is your friend [2]
I don't know how to create packages, and I don't have endless amounts
of time. Looking at what Funtoo has might be a good idea, yet they
don't even have a mailing list. Otherwise I'd have tried it instead
of Gentoo ...
You can usually find a way to build/install it, without using a gentoo
ebuild, but that is not the preferred method.
https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ltsp.xml:: has been removed, so the devs think
it is useless or nobody wants to maintain it. If you really like that
package, be the proxy maintainer once you repair/upgrade the associated
ebuilds. Seen the proxy-maintainer project in the gentoo wiki for more detail.
It's not so much about 'liking' but about 'requiring'. I simply need it
to work last week ...
hth,
James
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/ltsp.git
http://www.ltsp.org/
https://gpo.zugaina.org/Overlays
