Gentoo Emerges [solved]

[ianw1974]

I'm wondering if it's possible to pass parameters to emerge, so that you can choose your own installation parameters.

 

For example, let's say I want to install bind to /usr/local/bind. The normal command when using the source is:

 

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bind

 

What I'd prefer, is to use emerge for by builds, because it then makes the init scripts easier for adding to startup using:

 

rc-update add named default

 

because I've compiled from source, this script doesn't exist, so therefore, I need to create one. If I used the emerge, I wouldn't have to, thus making my life easier.

 

The reason I've asked is because I'm following a HOWTO guide on Postfix with MYSQL, and it only mentions Slackware/Debian distros for creating the startup commands.

 

Using emerge would be the way forward, since it compiles anyway. But how would I pass my chosen parameters?

[jlc]

You could edit the .ebuild I suppose.

[paul]

edit the ebuilds ;)

[ianw1974]

Cool, thanks :-).

 

I've actually just emerged them with the defaults. It all kinda works I think. I've yet to test it all, but it should be OK :P

[fissy]

I reckon you're doing the right thing to achieve your aim but...

 

Is it really worth the hassle just to stick to a tutorial, to the letter?

 

Some people like to put their software on a separate /usr/local partition to save it in case of filesystem corruption, but when it's built against software elsewhere, in the gentoo way, and other software may depend on it, it's seems like storing up problems for yourself.

 

Let us know how well it works anyway :D

[ianw1974]

Well, I installed it all as per the emerges, I didn't change anything :P

 

It all seemed to go OK, had to find the various config files etc, etc, etc. I then was updating the system, and I think I may have caused a problem, but will find out tomorrow. I'll explan briefly.

 

First I did:

 

emerge --update world

 

then I decided to:

 

emerge --update --deep world

 

and then I read lines about clearing old apps or dependencies not required, so:

 

emerge --update --deep --newuse world
emerge --depclean
revdep-rebuild

 

the problem was, I was getting an error on the revdep-rebuild, because of something to do with an x11-lib/something or other that wouldn't let me fix the cyrus-sasl, courier-authlib, postfix, libwww and another app related to my install. I tried to remove this x11-lib/filename but it said it wasn't installed, and I couldn't install it either, because it didn't exist in portage. Not sure what happened.

 

Anyway, I removed each of my apps individually, and then emerged them back in, so find out tomorrow when I try the revdep-rebuild again to see if there is a problem.

 

If not, I think what I'll do is build clean again, do the updates first, and then go for sorting out my software after that! :P

 

Oh, my desktop is OK though, I configured X and KDE today, so happy with that working!