On Thursday 26 November 2015 14:47:02 I wrote: > (On this Gentoo box I had to unpack the source, make a copy, edit the > copy, diff the two to make a patch, copy /usr/portage/net-misc/chrony/ to > a local overlay, copy the 2.2.ebuild to 2.2-r1.ebuild in the overlay, add > to it an epatch call to apply the patch, create a new manifest - then > emerge chrony. Simple! The box is now running an unofficial version > 2.2-r1 of chrony.)
I've since been told of a much simpler way of doing all this in a couple of easy steps, using a feature of portage I hadn't come across. Just in case anyone thinks that Gentoo is hard ;) -- Rgds Peter -- To unsubscribe email chrony-users-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "unsubscribe" in the subject. For help email chrony-users-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "help" in the subject. Trouble? Email listmas...@chrony.tuxfamily.org.