On Wednesday 20 December 2006 18:16, Mark Knecht wrote: [SNIP] > I understand that every package is out there in some repository on the > web. I think Neil has pointed me toward it once or twice at least. The > problem is for a user type like me, and yes, I'm *purely* a user type, > it's a bit beyond my skillset today to go get it and build the overlay > myself.
Yes, http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/ . And it contains every ebuild (and patch) that has ever been in the tree. It really isn't that hard. > I've mentioned this in the past but the idea has never gained > traction. If portage is thinking about removing an ebuild from my > machine why not just move it to some location on my machine so I've > always got a copy of what I was running? I could build my overlay from > what's been moved there. No pain at all. Or I can do what you suggest > and remove it. Portage already copies the ebuild into the vdb (/var/db/pkg/$category/$name) when you install a package. You can copy the ebuild from there. The problem is when it requires patches in $FILESDIR which isn't copied to the vdb. -- Bo Andresen
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