Re: [gentoo-user] Recompiling already installed packages with modification

2009-12-31 Thread David Relson
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:34:42 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Mittwoch 30 Dezember 2009, Willie Wong wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:02:56PM +0100, Penguin Lover Volker Armin Hemmann squawked: you can make it even easier: create: /etc/portage/env/PKG_CATEGORY put patch in

[gentoo-user] Recompiling already installed packages with modification

2009-12-30 Thread Frank Schwidom
Hi as i noticed the directory /usr/portage/distfiles holds all installed sources. What i want to do is modifying the code and reinstalling the package. What is the simplest way? Is it possible without modifying the ebuild? (i dont want to use make and 'make install' directly) Regards

Re: [gentoo-user] Recompiling already installed packages with modification

2009-12-30 Thread Willie Wong
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 01:17:52PM +0100, Penguin Lover Frank Schwidom squawked: as i noticed the directory /usr/portage/distfiles holds all installed sources. What i want to do is modifying the code and reinstalling the package. What is the simplest way? Is it possible without modifying the

Re: [gentoo-user] Recompiling already installed packages with modification

2009-12-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 30 Dezember 2009, Willie Wong wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 01:17:52PM +0100, Penguin Lover Frank Schwidom squawked: as i noticed the directory /usr/portage/distfiles holds all installed sources. What i want to do is modifying the code and reinstalling the package. What is the

Re: [gentoo-user] Recompiling already installed packages with modification

2009-12-30 Thread Willie Wong
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:02:56PM +0100, Penguin Lover Volker Armin Hemmann squawked: you can make it even easier: create: /etc/portage/env/PKG_CATEGORY put patch in that directory create file: /etc/portage/PKG_CATEGORY/PKGNAME with this: post_src_prepare() { epatch

Re: [gentoo-user] Recompiling already installed packages with modification

2009-12-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 30 Dezember 2009, Willie Wong wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:02:56PM +0100, Penguin Lover Volker Armin Hemmann squawked: you can make it even easier: create: /etc/portage/env/PKG_CATEGORY put patch in that directory create file: /etc/portage/PKG_CATEGORY/PKGNAME with