On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:18:34 +0100 David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:03:10 +0300, Gevisz (gev...@gmail.com) wrote > about "Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XFCE weather plugin does not work" (in > <544210d1.22a0700a.56bc.5...@mx.google.com>): > > On 18/10/14 08:03, Gevisz wrote: > [snip] > >> I have unpacked your patches to /etc/portage/patches as described here: > >> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/patches > >> and then run # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin > > > >> After restarting xfce4, the weather-plugin started to work. Thank you. > > You're welcome. The Xfce developers did the hard yakka, I simply > massaged the patches so that they would apply cleanly on Gentoo systems. Thank you anyway. :) But may I ask you if applying those patches could result in disappearing an alternative keyboard layout? I guess not, but somehow I've got that result after updating libidn packet and applying these patches afterwards. :( The details are in the "An alternative keyboard layout is lost" thread. > >> Nevertheless, just > >> # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world > >> instead of # emerge xfce4-weather-plugin > >> did not worked. > > That's because the plugin's version/release number has not been > modified, so emerge will not process it. Ok, I've got it. :) > > The ebuild should have the following lines added: > > > > src_prepare() { > > epatch_user > > } > > > >> I have not done this relying on the promise by Greg Kubaryk > >> that the ebuild is epatch_user enabled. > > That can be a bit variable. I still put the epatch_user command in > explicitly, just to be certain. > > > Don't forget to redo the manifest for the ebuild. > > > >> I never dealt with ebuilds on a maintaner level. > >> So, may I ask if it is really necessary and for which purpose. > > If you modify the ebuild then you *must* update the manifest. If you > don't modify the ebuild then there is no need. Do you mean that putting the patches into /etc/portage/patches/ directory and emerging the packet does not change the corresponding ebuild? According to my experience, it is not the case because, reemerging the xfce4-weather-plugin with the patches deleted from /etc/portage/patches/ directory, I've still got the working plugin and, only after unmerging it and re-emerging it again without the patches, I returned to its "no-data" condition. (But, as it did not helped me to return my alternative keyboard layout, I re-emerged the plugin back, with the patches.)
