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jos1
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 Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:33 am Post subject: Questions about ebuild/patches and how to work with Layman? |
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Hi,
I have a few questions about layman, ebuilds, etc.
I am hit by the LXDM-Binary-consuming-100%-CPU bug (URL end of this post).
This is a pretty serious issue (LXDM very slow), but it is still fixed only in an ebuild and not in the testing branch (e.g. in my case ~amd64). The solution for this fix is not automatically pushed to testing users.
Question 1: Why not fix in testing branch (1 line of code) so that all testing branch users get it automatically?
2: What is needed to get this fix included in the test branch? Which conditions are not met?
3: How do I install the live ebuild lxdm-9999 ??
| Code: | emerge layman
echo "source /var/lib/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/make.conf
layman -a lxdm-9999
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4: Or is this 9999 not needed?
5: Do I first need to uninstall the testing branch version of lxdm before the overlay or is this handled automatically?
6: When in the testing branch this bug is fixed, how do I get the rid off this overlay and tell emerge now to follow the normal testing branch again?
LXDM 100% CPU Usage:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-920080-highlight-lxde.html
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Veldrin
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Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Q1: Because there was no release made, and the ebuild is still in testing. if you know, what fixes it, just open a bug and provide a patch. though all of it has been done
Q3:
| Code: | emerge layman
echo "source /var/lib/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/make.conf
layman -Lk
layman -a lxde
echo "lxde-base/lxdm **" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo "lxde-base/lxdm" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask
emerge -a1 =lxdm-9999 |
maybe you need some more packages from the live branche... therefore the local overlay solution might be better suitd.
Q4:You could patch the ebuild yourself, and place it in you local overlay (instructions)
Q5:It would be a be package manager, if it could not handle such a simple case
Q6: | Code: | | layman -d lxdm && emerge -aDu world |
and please change the title, it is confusing.
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jos1
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:13 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for your excellent explanation.
What is the function of:
| Code: | echo "lxde-base/lxdm **" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo "lxde-base/lxdm" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask |
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dol-sen
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | echo "lxde-base/lxdm **" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
This means the lxdm-9999 ebuild did not have any keywords, so this line tells the package manager to accept it anyway.
| Code: | | echo "lxde-base/lxdm" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask |
This one tells it to unmask it. There must have been an entry in package.mask, so this one unmasks it again for you.
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