> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 09:43:57AM +0100, Petr Šabata wrote: >On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 08:54:11PM -0500, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: >> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Roger wrote: >> >> >I'm using dwm-5.9. I'd love to get a dwm-9999.ebuild into Gentoo, >> >but some hate cvs/svn/git ebuilds and I have a tough time getting >> >them into Gentoo. >> >> It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have an ebuild in the first >> place for a piece of software that requires you to alter its source >> in order to configure it. > >The Gentoo ebuild alows people to supply their own config.h. >It installs the build systemwide, though. Also it doesn't >support user patches, I think. I haven't seen it in a while. > >-- Petr
Yes Gentoo already does have an ebuild package for dwm, including a "saved config" feature to preserve the user's config.h files within a /etc/portage/savedconfig folder. I haven't used additional patches as I prefer using the standard package for stability reasons. But I'm sure the DWM ebuild could be modified to include patches, by including them from the "saved config" folder as I think of it. Hey, anything is possible if you set your mind to it! Anyways, I think we're way off topic. ;-) >> >> Depending on what patches (if any) you apply, dwm consists of two >> source files (on the non-draw.c branch). Clone the hg sources, >> compile it, copy `dwm` into ~/bin, and be happier not fighting with >> an ebuild and/or bureaucracy. >> >> If you really want an ebuild for it, just create it yourself in a >> local repository. -- Roger http://rogerx.freeshell.org/
