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#1 2009-03-17 14:26:48

alfagamma81
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{SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

Ok, i have to admit that general idea about building your own packages , appeals to me (even if there is no significant gain for doing so..) . So please i dont want to hear any comments about being ricer or something..

1. Let' s say that i want to build something that has dependencies, im using "makepkg -s". That means dependencies downloaded are not build but just installed just as normal "pacman -S package" way? So, if i dont want to "cheat" i would have check all those dependencies and build them separately and not using -s option? right? hmm

2. If i'm not doing any major changes to makepkg.conf , do i even in theory gain any(and i mean just any) advantage compared to prebuild packages?

Thanks in advance!

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#2 2009-03-17 14:29:34

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

If you make no changes in your pacman.conf, then you are gaining nothing...

You might want to check out the srcpac tool (although it may not be fully working at the moment), or pacbuilder (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48957)

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#3 2009-03-17 14:39:07

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

Allan wrote:

If you make no changes in your pacman.conf, then you are gaining nothing...

You might want to check out the srcpac tool (although it may not be fully working at the moment), or pacbuilder (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48957)

wow, that was quick answer..! smile
Thank you, pacbuilder seems very interesting. I must give it a try!

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#4 2009-03-18 03:53:49

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

I *think* Allan meant makepkg.conf not pacman.conf.
Regardless, he is correct.


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#5 2009-03-18 03:58:54

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

cactus wrote:

I *think* Allan meant makepkg.conf not pacman.conf.
Regardless, he is correct.

Maybe...  I have been known to be wrong before!

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#6 2009-03-18 20:40:00

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

As I was not completely satisfied with srpcac or pacbuilder, I found an obvious solution to my urgent needs to compile everything from a scratch. That is:I installed Gentoo .. big_smile As an alternative distro of course.

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#7 2009-03-18 22:13:01

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

alfagamma81 wrote:

As I was not completely satisfied with srpcac or pacbuilder, I found an obvious solution to my urgent needs to compile everything from a scratch. That is:I installed Gentoo .. big_smile As an alternative distro of course.

Now you did say you wanted no comments about being a ricer didn't you? tongue


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#8 2009-03-18 23:52:18

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

sand_man wrote:
alfagamma81 wrote:

As I was not completely satisfied with srpcac or pacbuilder, I found an obvious solution to my urgent needs to compile everything from a scratch. That is:I installed Gentoo .. big_smile As an alternative distro of course.

Now you did say you wanted no comments about being a ricer didn't you? tongue

haha smile

Someone here mentioned that watching compiling output is mesmerizing.. Totally agree, it gets you really deep in trance state of mind hmm
So.. im not really a ricer, i just want to do some self hypnotizing.. tongue

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#9 2009-03-19 00:07:34

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

So I should be designing a prototype Lava Lamp with snippets of gcc output in the Lava so I can become a millionaire? tongue

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#10 2009-03-19 00:12:41

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

fukawi2 wrote:

So I should be designing a prototype Lava Lamp with snippets of gcc output in the Lava so I can become a millionaire? tongue

I would buy that right away smile

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#11 2009-03-19 04:58:06

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

Will you pay $1,000,000 for it? Cause that would make my plan a lot easier tongue

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#12 2009-03-19 05:39:49

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

i have a script from a friend that he made called pkg-builder:
http://github.com/godane/archiso-live/b … kg-builder

There is also some pylibs that you will need too in the above folder. This will make it easier to rebuild everything with abs.
You will have to edit it since it has makepkg.conf in script.

pkg-builder /var/abs/core /path/to/source /path/to/package-repo

I think you get the idea.;)

Last edited by godane (2009-03-19 05:40:18)


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#13 2009-03-19 05:54:07

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Re: {SOLVED}Two questions concerning ABS

Note Gentoo is alot of work for maintaining a system.  If you want to find out about gcc and automake tools... its absolutely great.  Note that with precise CFLAGS speed up will only be marginal.  Gentoo does have a great (and knowledgable) community though if you're willing to learn.  And yes watching compiling is a bit like watching a matrix screen.

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