On Thu, 22 May 2008 21:59:43 +0300 "Alon Bar-Lev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/08, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How can I just test if it works? I want only unpack, compile, > > > test install stages. > > > > > > You do a proper, full install from start to finish. Testing using > > Portage and 'ebuild' is not proper testing. > > Yes it is.
No it isn't. It isn't using the environment that will be used when a user installs it using a full package manager. It is entirely possible to have bugs in ebuilds that don't show up under stage-by-stage installs. > While you are working at it, you need to verify the result of each > step. And of certainly don't want it available on your system before > you finish! Then chuck a 'die' in the ebuild. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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