2017-08-09 17:33 GMT+02:00 William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt...@o-sinc.com>:
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 11:07:04 +1000 > "Sam Jorna (wraeth)" <wra...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > What then is the benefit? If what is installed is the same from > > > package manager or binpkg. Also your redistributing another's > > > package in binary format which may not be legally allowed. > > > > The difference is that how the package manager/ebuild installs the > > package may be better suited to the environment than what upstream > > expects (such as upstreams that install through a .run file) > > I fail to see how basically skipping src_install and maybe some prepare > stuff that makes it better suited to an environment. > Can you explain that further? > > These packages are just exploded tarballs. I fail to see the benefit > to repacking those into another tarball to be exploded. At best > skipping src_install and/or prepare, seems to be the only difference. > one such benefit is that the binhost is known and managed by someone you trust, SRC_URI point to the wider and dangerous internet. So please leave this as a configurable choice. > > I see no difference in installing kernel sources via source ebuild or a > binpkg, pre-built ebuild binary. Other than the time it takes to > re-package the kernel sources into another tarball. > > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. >
