Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 06/06/12 13:59, Dale wrote: >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> I wish to build a binary package of glibc-2.14.1-r3. I don't want to >>> actually install it on my system. Just build a tbz2 for it to use on >>> another system. Is there a way to do that? Portage aborts when >>> emerging an older glibc and won't let you proceed, so I can't just >>> install it normally and them build a binpkg. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> This should help: >> >> --buildpkgonly (-B) >> Creates binary packages for all ebuilds processed >> without actually merging the packages. This comes with the caveat that >> all build-time dependencies must already be emerged on the system. > > Oh my, I must be blind. I was looking at the man page for a while and > *still* missed that option... > > Alzheimer's must be setting in :-P Thanks. > > >
I'm still working on a good excuse. lol Glad to have helped tho. Oh, don't mix up -b and -B tho. Similar but not the same. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
