On Tuesday 23 Aug 2016 11:10:40 Neil Bothwick wrote: > As long as the source file is still in $DISTDIR, you don't need to do > anything. > You could put the file somewhere; personal web space, github > etc, and change the SRC_URI to point to it, but that's not really > necessary.
Can a SRC_URI be a file:// reference? The dev manual doesn't say. And can I have a second $DISTDIR under /usr/local/portage? > > > If a serious bug does arise, you then have the choice of trying to > > > persuade someone to backport the fix from systemd or switch > > > bootloaders. > > > > In fact I think it might be easier to follow Rich's intriguing > > suggestion and install systemd. > > That's worth trying out, *before* gummiboot it treecleaned! Indeed. :) For the time being I've marked the source file immutable, just to anticipate finger trouble. -- Rgds Peter
