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brucebertrand

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Registered: 2006-07-24

Posts: 52

How do I get PKGBUILDS for packages not yet in Arch64?

I want to fix a few packages for inclusion in the Arch64 repos.  However, its not obvious how to get the package files (PKGBUILD, patches, etc...) for existing 32 bit packages on a 64 bit system.

Is it possible to set up ABS to get the 32 bit repos and put them in their own path, say /var/abs32/  ??

-B

AndyRTR

Developer

From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: How do I get PKGBUILDS for packages not yet in Arch64?

you can simply checkout the whole cvs. or you change the default cvs-tag that "abs" uses in the /etc/abs/supfile.{repo} files from CURRENT-64 to CURRENT

brucebertrand

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Registered: 2006-07-24

Posts: 52

Re: How do I get PKGBUILDS for packages not yet in Arch64?

Won't the abs method you describe overwrite my current-64 abs?

Last edited by brucebertrand (2007-06-08 18:32:12)

Borosai

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From: Sandy Appendix, U.S.A.

Registered: 2006-06-15

Posts: 227

Re: How do I get PKGBUILDS for packages not yet in Arch64?

I'm also curious about this.

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: How do I get PKGBUILDS for packages not yet in Arch64?

You can change the ABSROOT variable in  /etc/abs/abs.conf before running abs to get the 32 bits abs tree in another location.

Borosai

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From: Sandy Appendix, U.S.A.

Registered: 2006-06-15

Posts: 227

Re: How do I get PKGBUILDS for packages not yet in Arch64?

You can change the ABSROOT variable in  /etc/abs/abs.conf before running abs to get the 32 bits abs tree in another location.

Thank you very much. I'm placing everything in /var/abs/i686/ at this very moment.