On 2023-02-19 10:24+0100 Matthias Hanft <m...@hanft.de> wrote: > Hi, > > according to https://bugs.gentoo.org/718972 (and a posting > in the dev list), gsutil (and all needed libs) will be removed > from the tree because "it's broken" (which is not true - works > like a charm). > > Since I do need gsutil urgently, I have already copied the needed > ebuilds from /usr/portage to a local overlay in order to "emerge > -c gsutil::gentoo" and then "emerge gsutil::local". > > But then came to my mind: Is that necessary at all? As far as I > know, I can just leave discontinued packages installed and continue > to use them - regardless of whether they are still in portage tree > or not. True or false?
Yes, you can just continue to use them. The ebuild will be kept in /var/db/pkg/ in case portage needs to reinstall them or so. However, it might make sense to copy it to a local overlay to make it easier to get an overview of self/un -maintained packages. And since gsutil requires Python, you'll have to modify the ebuild at some point anyway to add support for newer Python versions. > Or is it better to get rid of portage/ebuilds at all and do a > manual installation, as described at > https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil_install?hl=en ? I'd say use the ebuild since it already exists. Makes breakage less likely. Kind regards, tastytea
