walt <w41ter <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > So using wget to fetch {package/files} from the gentoo attic was/is a
> > reliable exercise to build things removed from the tree, into one's
> > /usr/local/portage tree. It still works
> Hi James. I need a version of net-libs/gnutls from before the switch
> to git. Could I trouble you for an example of how you use wget? So
> far my googling hasn't even revealed the URL of the attic :-/
Sure,
I do it file by file; here is one of the 'files' (patches) I pulled down for
'showconsole' now also deprecated:
wget
http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/app-admin/showconsole/files/1.07-no-TIOCGDEV.patch
> Thanks for any hints.
If I know a package is going to be removed, I just emerge it and then copy
everything to /usr/local/portage/<category>/ prior to removal.
Hit me up with any other questions......
hth,
James
