> Just how does an ebuild work, would it be > easy to make a bash scipt which Slackware already use for building > packages?
Emerge et. Al. are python-based scripts for the most part, but they have a great deal of dependencies for the rest of the system. For example, if you check your /etc/init.d files you'll see in gentoo that they are basically extensions of /sbin/runscript. There's other expectations (i.e. slotted automake/autoconf, etc) that also needed. While the ebuild script might be portable (I don't really know for sure), I doubt that you could easily overlay gentoo stuff onto a slackware dist. > For a real Gentoo issue I'm depending on the 2.6 kernel and used the > bootstrap-26 script and built the 2.6 kernel. After this ordeal I was > still > not rewarded with any bttv drivers. Now can I rectify the .config and > still > use 'genkernel' or should I install the kernel as I do in every distro? > And > why are they disabled in the kernel, is it endorsed to build the driver > from > bytesex.org? I think you'll get different results depending upon who you ask for this one. I tend to manage my own kernel, but I do it specifically because I have my own preferences about what should be in-kernel and what should be modules, etc. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
