PS I forgot to add in step 3 that I will create a file to put the helpful patch code in using emacs.
I will also replace the $EPREFIX symbol with /home/mikef/gentoo in each instance in the patch code. Regards MF On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 12:03, Michael Fothergill < [email protected]> wrote: > > A great many thanks for the help here. > > > There are quite a few different write ups on making patches in gentoo. > > > I am using this one: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/patches > > I am going to do the following things: > > > 1. I am going to create a directory to put the patch in: > 2. mkdir -p /etc/portage/patches/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2 > 3. /etc/portage/patches/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2/prefix-libinput.patch > 4. I will then enter the ebuild directory for libinput-1.13.2 and run the > following command: > 5. ebuild libinput-1.13.2.ebuild clean prepare > 6. I will then run ebuild libinput-1.13.2.ebuild digest as you recommended. > 7. Finally I will run emerge dev-libs/libinput again and see if it > compiles and installs. > > > I am going to do this now. > > If you think I should change anything in the above list please let me know > in a post. > > > Regards > > > MF > >> >>
