On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 22:12, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: >> Is there a way to determine the source URL of a package without >> actually emerging ? >> >> Rgds, >> -- >> Pandu E Poluan > > Not sure what you mean by 'source URL' but you can get the homepage of > a package using eix. That almost always leads to some download link or > instructions where you can get the code. > > mark@c2stable ~ $ eix gentoo-sources > [D] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources > Available versions: > (2.6.32-r29) 2.6.32-r29!b!s > (2.6.32-r32) (~)2.6.32-r32!b!s > (2.6.35-r15) 2.6.35-r15!b!s > (2.6.36-r8) 2.6.36-r8!b!s > (2.6.37-r4) 2.6.37-r4!b!s > (2.6.37-r6) (~)2.6.37-r6!b!s > (2.6.38-r6) 2.6.38-r6!b!s > (2.6.38-r7) (~)2.6.38-r7!b!s > (2.6.39-r1) (~)2.6.39-r1!b!s > (2.6.39-r2) (~)2.6.39-r2!b!s > {build deblob symlink} > Installed versions: 2.6.38-r1(2.6.38-r1)!b!s(12:06:40 PM > 03/30/2011)(-build -deblob -symlink) 2.6.38-r4(2.6.38-r4)!b!s(02:58:45 > PM 05/04/2011)(-build -deblob -symlink) > 2.6.39-r2(2.6.39-r2)!b!s(09:59:02 AM 06/24/2011)(-build -deblob > -symlink) > Homepage: http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches > Description: Full sources including the Gentoo patchset > for the 2.6 kernel tree > > mark@c2stable ~ $ >
That I know. But it's still several clicks away until I get something like http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.39-4.base.tar.bz2 emerge can build the full URL from information in the ebuild file. Can I get that full URL? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk: pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live: pepol...@hotmail.com (do not send email here) Skype: pepoluan