Hello, On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:32:41 +0300 Alexander Zubkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi! > I have some idea on extending portage building system (ebuild?). > Sometimes I'm (for example) want to apply custom patch to some > package. This patch can do something unusual, that can not be > accepted by maintainers and I know this. But I like features in my > patch and want it to apply automatically when updating the package. > Not to do it like this: $ > ebuild /usr/portage/pkg-categoty/some-package/some-package-1.0 unpack > $ cd /var/tmp/portage/pkg-categoty/some-package/work/... $ patch -p1 > < ~/my-patch-for-some-package $ cd > $ ebuild /usr/portage/pkg-categoty/some-package/some-package-1.0 merge > > It is lot of manual work. The idea is having an file, for example > /etc/portage/package.patch with contents like this: > =pkg-category/some-package-1* /path/to/my-patch-for-some-package > > Of course, patches could fail in newer versions. But when I'll use > that feature - I'll understand why it can be and it'll be more > convenient to maintain it. You can use portage's bashrc to do that kind of autopatching. Best regards, Yuri. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
