On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 5:15 AM, Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 22 Aug 2016 21:08:56 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:59:41 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> > I really don't understand the urgency in treecleaning gummiboot. >> > Like grub1, it will still work in 10 years time... >> >> I agree, just copy it to a local overlay. > > How would I manage the distfile, which at present is in dev.gentoo.org? I > assume it will disappear from there when gummiboot is deleted. Should I > create a files directory for it under /usr/local/portage/sys-boot/gummiboot? > What would I do then with SRC_URI in the ebuild?
The file is in my personal devspace, and I will not be removing it for the foreseeable future. Also, if you are looking for a gummiboot replacement, please have a look at me comments on the related bug report. https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=556734#c16
