On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:33:18 -0400 Denis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using a package called Rasmol, which is used for visualization of > molecular structures. This software uses a certain table for atomic > sizes, and I need to change some values in that table - it is stored > in a header file within Rasmol source code. There is an ebuild for > Rasmol, and it works fine - but what I'm wondering is how I can tell > portage to STOP once it unpacks Rasmol in the temporary work directory > - so I can tweak some things in the source code - and then resume the > build, using what's already in the work directory. Looking at a > manpage for emerge, I didn't immediately get any creative ideas, but > might someone offer some advice for how to accomplish this? That's what 'ebuild' command is for. Try this: cd /usr/portage/some/package ebuild package-ver.ebuild help That command allows you to execute all the ebuild steps separately. -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net
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