On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:33:59 PM Pandu Poluan wrote: > So, any progress/updates on the attempt to replace udev with busybox's mdev? > > As for my case, it's working well on XenServer and VMware ESX / > vSphere (haven't found the time to test a VirtualBox installation > yet). > > Except for one annoyance: > > Now, I've done the steps put forth by waltdnes here: > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/242563 > > ... but every "eix-sync && emerge -avuD @world" finds me having to > re-edit /usr/portage/virtual/dev-manager/dev-manager-0.ebuild, or else > portage wants to emerge sys-apps/makedev and sys-fs/static-dev > > Is there a way to 'force' portage to use the edited > dev-manager-0.ebuild and not the original version pulled in by > eix-sync? > > Rgds,
You can copy the ebuild to your own private overlay ( /usr/local/portage ) make your changes there, and bump the version number slightly. -- Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/~paulcol Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.
