On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 15:08 +0000, Jeremy Olexa wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:41:09 +0000, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 08:18 -0600, Jeremy Olexa wrote:
> >> All -
> >> Heads up. Historically, the prefix tree contained *only* ebuilds that
> >> were tested to work. As such, they had "prefix" style keywords.
> >> (~amd64-linux, ~ppc-macos, etc). Going forward, our tree will be having
>
> >> more and more ebuilds that have not been tested to work with prefix.
> >> That is, no prefix keywords but maybe ~amd64, ppc, etc. You cannot set
> >> your ACCEPT_KEYWORDS to "amd64" and expect an unchecked ebuild to just
> >> work for prefix.
> >>
> >> I've seen more than one person on IRC ask about this, a guaranteed way
> >> to set yourself up for failure. If an ebuild is missing your *prefix*
> >> keyword, then it needs to be fixed and file a bug for the working
> >> package. (We do not have the manpower/motivation to fix all the
> packages
> >> ourselves)
> >>
> >> Here is some help:
> >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/techdocs.xml
> >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/ecopy.xml
> >>
> >> Please ask if you need help with something.
> >
> > Just a question on this.
> >
> > Are we going to see portage merged in with mainline ?
>
> Are you talking about prefix-portage (the package) or portage (the tree)?
> If the latter, its already being done (what this email is about) and you
> as
> a prefix and gentoo linux user haven't noticed so I guess it is pretty
> transparent.
> http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/browser/trunk/prefix-overlay/whitelist.txt
>
> If you are talking about the package, then it is being worked on. No ETA.
The package. So good to know it's being worked on. Thanks.
Alan.
About KEYWORDS in the prefix tree
