-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Hans Fangohr wrote: > >>>Gentoo does not provide a local use variable for that so I couldn't see >>>how to compile it supporting double precision with emerge. >>> >>>Can somebody advice me what the best solution to this might be? Should >>>we introduce a new local USE variable? If so, how? Any other options? > > > This is the best long-term option. Do you want to check whether there > are any existing USE flags we could use? > > In the meanwhile, you can copy the ebuild to your overlay and edit it to > act as desired. Adding a `use_enable float` to the configure line and a > 'double-precision' or something to IUSE should do the trick. > > Donnie
it is also possible to use "ebuild" to unpack, then run ./configure yourself (with your own options), and then use ebuild again to compile and merge to your live system. you can then package.mask all versions above that which you are using to prevent your changes from being wacked. this is easier for some to do than to create a overlay for _one_ package we (gentoo) can't provide USE flags for every possible ./configure option... as for if this case deserves one, thats for the package maintainer to decide. i would recomend contacting him/her on irc - -smithj -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCcUKol5AvwDPiUowRAoNSAJ4xi7A/DJ+qpIQe+kWq79BaFzpU/wCeLgAA X40fKWmgdilI5qNiBYDLazo= =JDbW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] mailing list
