Am 07.05.2013 01:22, schrieb walt: > On 05/05/2013 01:38 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> There doesn't appear to be any action in emerge which unpacks the build >> files (or even the entire source) of a package for perusal. This is a >> shame. > > You should become familiar with the 'ebuild' command, which I use very > often when trying to debug a package, e.g. > > #ebuild /usr/portage/app-office/libreoffice/libreoffice-3.6.6.2.ebuild unpack > > To completely build and install a package you need to follow that command > with the 'configure', 'compile', 'install', and 'qmerge' steps (man ebuild). >
If you are lazy like my, and don't want to execute all steps manually, just use ebuild <package.ebuild> merge :)