On Wednesday 24 Aug 2016 11:57:04 Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 5:15 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > On Monday 22 Aug 2016 21:08:56 Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:59:41 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> > I really don't understand the urgency in treecleaning gummiboot. > >> > Like grub1, it will still work in 10 years time... > >> > >> I agree, just copy it to a local overlay. > > > > How would I manage the distfile, which at present is in dev.gentoo.org? > > I > > assume it will disappear from there when gummiboot is deleted. Should I > > create a files directory for it under > > /usr/local/portage/sys-boot/gummiboot? What would I do then with > > SRC_URI in the ebuild? > > The file is in my personal devspace, and I will not be removing it for > the foreseeable future. > > Also, if you are looking for a gummiboot replacement, please have a > look at me comments on the related bug report. > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=556734#c16
Interesting; thanks Mike. I'll have a look at that tomorrow. -- Rgds Peter
