ofcourse 7.4 isnt in mirrors, fetch it urself and rename the ebuild, if it works, submit the ebuild at bugs.gentoo.org and it will come into portage, after that, feel good because you contributed
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 16:56, Jeff MacDonald wrote: > actually just renaming it doesn't work, cause 7.4 files aren't in the > mirrors yet, so i have to get it from postgresql.org first. > > i'm just wondering the correct way to approach this from the gentoo > social structure. > > do i : 1 make the ebuild my self and contribute it > 2: contact the maintainer of this ebuild and ask nicly > 3: wait > 4: hack the ebuild and download the file ? > > it's not urgent that i have this version or anything, i'm just curiuos, > so i can learn "how things are done" > > jeff. > > On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 11:40, Redeeman wrote: > > renaming the ebuild is the right way, because then it will download the > > new version, and its 99% sure it will be correct, because not many stuff > > has a diffrent installation method in a newer version, and if it doesent > > work, you are so lucky that you can unmerge :) > > > > On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 16:33, Jeff MacDonald wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Curious, when will pgsql 7.4 be making it into the portage tree. > > > > > > I know i can download it and rename the ebuild file, but i'd rather just > > > do it the "real way" :) > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Jeff. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Regards, Redeeman () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
