Re: [gentoo-user] Strategies for testing an ebuild

2020-10-20 Thread tastytea
On 2020-10-20 11:01-0700 Anton wrote: > Hi there, > > I am taking on maintaining a package in gentoo-sci overlay. What are > good ways to test that my ebuild works before creating a pull request? > > I am thinking to install a Gentoo Prefix, snapshot its "vanilla" > state, and run `emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] soft keyboard for touchscreen

2020-10-20 Thread William Kenworthy
Thanks,     I needed to add to the start session for xfce4 - now its started automaticly and connects to X when needed. Thnaks for the hints I needed to track it down. BillK On 19/10/20 1:44 am, Mickaël Bucas wrote: > > > Le dim. 18 oct. 2020 à 19:17, William Kenworthy

Re: [gentoo-user] Strategies for testing an ebuild

2020-10-20 Thread Steve Wilson
I've had my own overlay for a while, maintaining my own versions of plex, new relic and even some removed packages that I use. Until the the other day I was just making sure they install and work for myself, I have now discovered repoman and have several issues which actually need tidying up.

Re: [gentoo-user] Strategies for testing an ebuild

2020-10-20 Thread Jack
On 2020.10.20 16:57, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, at 14:01, Anton wrote: > Hi there, > > I am taking on maintaining a package in gentoo-sci overlay. What are > good ways to test that my ebuild works before creating a pull request? > > I am thinking to install a Gentoo Prefix,

Re: [gentoo-user] Strategies for testing an ebuild

2020-10-20 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, at 14:01, Anton wrote: > Hi there, > > I am taking on maintaining a package in gentoo-sci overlay. What are > good ways to test that my ebuild works before creating a pull request? > > I am thinking to install a Gentoo Prefix, snapshot its "vanilla" state, > and run

[gentoo-user] Strategies for testing an ebuild

2020-10-20 Thread Anton
Hi there, I am taking on maintaining a package in gentoo-sci overlay. What are good ways to test that my ebuild works before creating a pull request? I am thinking to install a Gentoo Prefix, snapshot its "vanilla" state, and run `emerge $mypackage` in the vanilla Prefix as a test. Are there

Re: [gentoo-user] No sound. Please, help!

2020-10-20 Thread Dale
gevisz wrote: > пн, 19 окт. 2020 г. в 18:13, Dale : >> gevisz wrote: >>> пн, 19 окт. 2020 г. в 02:18, Dale : On the modules or in kernel, I compile all mine in the kernel. The only modules I have is my nvidia video drivers. There's pro's and con's to each so whatever works and you

Re: [gentoo-user] No sound. Please, help!

2020-10-20 Thread gevisz
пн, 19 окт. 2020 г. в 18:13, Dale : > > gevisz wrote: > > пн, 19 окт. 2020 г. в 02:18, Dale : > >> On the modules or in kernel, I compile all mine in the kernel. The only > >> modules I have is my nvidia video drivers. There's pro's and con's to > >> each so whatever works and you like. > > > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI booting again - FIXED

2020-10-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 19 October 2020 18:08:53 -00 Michael wrote: > However, I don't think anyone would argue against empirical repeatable > outcomes. :-) :) -- Regards, Peter.