On 08/08/2017 07:23 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > Can you think of any? I cannot see any operator wanting a binary of a > binary, or a package of sources. When they already have a sources
- The machine you're installing it on might not have internet access so you want to have the files stored in a single location for wrapping it up. - You might want an audit trail of installed packages, so using the binary files on specific media ensures same copy is installed everywhere - You might be applying local patches through /etc/portage/patches that are distributed to all clients On 08/08/2017 07:23 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: >> it can already be controlled through env files. > I was thinking it might, but having used them to skip other hooks. I > was thinking they could not be used as such for binary packages. Have > you confirmed such is possible? Could you provide a link or example? > Thanks! try something like: /etc/portage/env/nobin: FEATURES="-buildpkg" /etc/portage/package.env/nobin: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources nobin -- Kristian Fiskerstrand OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3
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