[gentoo-user] Reinstalling older Packages
Hi, how is it possible to reinstall an older Package from /usr/portage/distfiles/package, when the corresponding ebuild /usr/portage/topic/package/version.ebuild does not longer exists? Is there an option, to keep older ebuilds intact during emerge --sync? thanks in advance regards f. schwidom
Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstalling older Packages
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:43:27 +0200, Frank Schwidom wrote: how is it possible to reinstall an older Package from /usr/portage/distfiles/package, when the corresponding ebuild /usr/portage/topic/package/version.ebuild does not longer exists? Is there an option, to keep older ebuilds intact during emerge --sync? There is no such option, but you can get expired ebuilds from http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/cat-egory/package Click the dead files link to see old ebuilds, download the one you want an put it in a local overlay. Then emerge with the -k option. -- Neil Bothwick EASY TO INSTALL = Difficult to install, but instruction manual has pictures. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstalling older Packages
On Monday, June 20 at 10:03 (+0100), Neil Bothwick said: There is no such option, but you can get expired ebuilds from http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/cat-egory/package Sigh. 2011 and *still* using CVS?!
Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstalling older Packages
On 6/20/2011 3:33 AM, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Monday, June 20 at 10:03 (+0100), Neil Bothwick said: There is no such option, but you can get expired ebuilds from http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/cat-egory/package Sigh. 2011 and *still* using CVS?! Infrastructure has a project to move to Git, but I've not tracked progress. I will say that moving a whole project with hundreds of developers, build scripts, push scripts, pull scripts, web site links, a decade of commits, etc is not simple. This is one of the better articles on the real world issues of changing your VCS. http://lwn.net/Articles/409635/ kashani
