Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
On Saturday 05 January 2008, Renat Golubchyk wrote: On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:01:44 -0800 Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to prevent eclean from removing a distfile for an installed package. Seems like that should be default behavior. From the eclean manpage: If you use the --destructive option, eclean will only protect files corresponding to some currently installed package (taking their exact version into account). He'd be better off using /etc/eclean/packages.exclude, described in the EXCLSUION FILES section of man eclean. eclean's default behaviour is to retain distfiles for installed packages *that are in the portage tree*. The file Grant wants to protect is not in the portage tree anymore -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
Also, gentoo has an attic where all older ebuilds are archived. You
can grab the ebuild and any related files and use your local overlay to
keep it around for as long as you need.
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/x11-drivers/
There are nvidia-drivers and a legacy branch for even older. In
nvidia-drivers there is a link to view dead files (or attic) - prob same
everywhere.
BillK
That works great but the emerge fails during installation:
Install nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639 into
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639/image/ category
x11-drivers
* Installing nvidia module
*
* ERROR: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639 failed.
* Call stack:
*ebuild.sh, line 1701: Called dyn_install
*ebuild.sh, line 1138: Called qa_call 'src_install'
*ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_install
* nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639.ebuild, line 231: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* [ -f ${FILESDIR}/nvidia ] || die nvidia missing in FILESDIR
* The die message:
* nvidia missing in FILESDIR
Can anyone tell what happened?
- Grant
The current version of nvidia-drivers I have installed is pretty old
but it's the last one I've found that will display the resolution of
my monitor correctly at 1366x768. The later versions insist on
1280x768 I think. I need to re-compile the nvidia module since I'm
upgrading the kernel, but how can I do that if there is no ebuild?
There is still the ebuild you have installed from
in /var/db/pkg/category/package. You can copy it over to your local
overlay and keep it there forever.
HTH...
Dirk
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Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:58:52 -0800 Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * nvidia missing in FILESDIR Can anyone tell what happened? You probably copied the ebuild, but not the contents of the files/ subdirectory. It probably needs some patch that lived there. So you need to copy that directory along with its contents to the same place you copied the old ebuild. -- Jesús Guerrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
* nvidia missing in FILESDIR Can anyone tell what happened? You probably copied the ebuild, but not the contents of the files/ subdirectory. It probably needs some patch that lived there. So you need to copy that directory along with its contents to the same place you copied the old ebuild. That was it, thank you. Does anyone know if there is a way to prevent eclean from removing a distfile for an installed package. Seems like that should be default behavior. - Grant Jesús Guerrero [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
* nvidia missing in FILESDIR Can anyone tell what happened? You probably copied the ebuild, but not the contents of the files/ subdirectory. It probably needs some patch that lived there. So you need to copy that directory along with its contents to the same place you copied the old ebuild. That was it, thank you. Actually, it compiles and installs when /usr/src/linux points to 2.6.20-hardened-r6 but fails to compile when it points to linux-2.6.23-hardened-r4. The error instructs me as follows: ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid. include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing. Run 'make oldconfig make prepare' on kernel src to fix it. Which I did with the same results. Does anyone know how to fix this? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:01:44 -0800 Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to prevent eclean from removing a distfile for an installed package. Seems like that should be default behavior. From the eclean manpage: If you use the --destructive option, eclean will only protect files corresponding to some currently installed package (taking their exact version into account). Cheers, Renat -- Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen, durch die sie entstanden sind. (Einstein) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
The current version of nvidia-drivers I have installed is pretty old but it's the last one I've found that will display the resolution of my monitor correctly at 1366x768. The later versions insist on 1280x768 I think. I need to re-compile the nvidia module since I'm upgrading the kernel, but how can I do that if there is no ebuild? I use 'eclean distfiles' regularly and apparently eclean will delete the distfile of an installed program since the distfile for the version of nvidia-drivers I have installed doesn't exist in /usr/portage/distfiles. I would at least try to get the right resolution working with the latest nvidia-drivers but I don't think I'll be able to revert back to the old version since 'emerge -K =nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639' doesn't work. I'm not sure why since I've always had FEATURES=buildpkg set. Can I build a binary package now in case I need to revert? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
Am Freitag, 4. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Grant: The current version of nvidia-drivers I have installed is pretty old but it's the last one I've found that will display the resolution of my monitor correctly at 1366x768. The later versions insist on 1280x768 I think. I need to re-compile the nvidia module since I'm upgrading the kernel, but how can I do that if there is no ebuild? There is still the ebuild you have installed from in /var/db/pkg/category/package. You can copy it over to your local overlay and keep it there forever. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Need ebuild no longer in Portage
Also, gentoo has an attic where all older ebuilds are archived. You can grab the ebuild and any related files and use your local overlay to keep it around for as long as you need. http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/x11-drivers/ There are nvidia-drivers and a legacy branch for even older. In nvidia-drivers there is a link to view dead files (or attic) - prob same everywhere. BillK On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 07:29 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Freitag, 4. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Grant: The current version of nvidia-drivers I have installed is pretty old but it's the last one I've found that will display the resolution of my monitor correctly at 1366x768. The later versions insist on 1280x768 I think. I need to re-compile the nvidia module since I'm upgrading the kernel, but how can I do that if there is no ebuild? There is still the ebuild you have installed from in /var/db/pkg/category/package. You can copy it over to your local overlay and keep it there forever. HTH... Dirk -- William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home in Perth! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
