Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Ryan Sims
On 11/30/06, Hans de Hartog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm currently evaluating some exotic packages in the portage tree and found out that they're almost 2 years old, don't compile or crash immediately. When I go to their home page or forums, I see that lots of new versions have been

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Steve Dibb
Hans de Hartog wrote: Hi, I'm currently evaluating some exotic packages in the portage tree and found out that they're almost 2 years old, don't compile or crash immediately. When I go to their home page or forums, I see that lots of new versions have been released. What to do about this? I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Philip Webb
061130 Hans de Hartog wrote: I'm currently evaluating some exotic packages in the portage tree and found out that they're almost 2 years old, don't compile or crash immediately. When I go to their home or forums, I see that lots of new versions have been released. It would help if you listed

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Hans de Hartog
Philip Webb wrote: It would help if you listed the packages in question. Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation in the not_so_common_packages scene. (BTW, how do I check for an overlay somewhere?) - freewheeling (dies in glibc with double free or corruption) In the

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Steve Dibb
Hans de Hartog wrote: Philip Webb wrote: It would help if you listed the packages in question. Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation in the not_so_common_packages scene. (BTW, how do I check for an overlay somewhere?) - freewheeling (dies in glibc with double free or

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Ryan Sims
On 11/30/06, Hans de Hartog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Webb wrote: It would help if you listed the packages in question. Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation in the not_so_common_packages scene. (BTW, how do I check for an overlay somewhere?) [snip] The gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:36:39 +0100, Hans de Hartog wrote: (BTW, how do I check for an overlay somewhere? emerge eix then run update-eix-remote update from cron.daily. Now eix will index all the overlays in layman. -- Neil Bothwick Sigh - An amplifier for people who suffer in silence

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Hans de Hartog [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Philip Webb wrote: It would help if you listed the packages in question. Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation in the not_so_common_packages scene. (BTW, how do I check for an overlay somewhere?) - freewheeling (dies in