windows ebuild

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TheCoop · Post by **TheCoop** » Thu May 08, 2003 10:05 pm

I wonder if anyone could make a windows ebuild...would the mirrors host it? What version of gcc does it use?

...

Can't wait to do emerge -C windows

frippz · Post by **frippz** » Thu May 08, 2003 10:09 pm

Umm... ok?

henke · Post by **henke** » Thu May 08, 2003 10:11 pm

I just had a weird thought. Would it be possible to port Portage to Windows?

frippz · Post by **frippz** » Thu May 08, 2003 10:20 pm

Hehe! It's mind boggling indeed...!

gsfgf · Post by **gsfgf** » Thu May 08, 2003 10:38 pm

henke wrote:I just had a weird thought. Would it be possible to port Portage to Windows?

yes, in that cygwin suports python

no in that normal packags can't be built against the cygwin c libs.

djprotoss · Post by **djprotoss** » Fri May 09, 2003 3:57 pm

Also no in a fundamental difference of ethos. There isn't anything like a version of portage for windows (afaik), and likely won't be, simply because the vast majority of windows programs (and more importantly, the programs that people use) are closed-source. As internet distribution continues to pick up, you might get a version of apt though. Indeed stardock's object desktop uses what acts like a very simple version of apt for its various options, although its only for the components of OD. Of course the problem is then getting people to agree to allowing their software to be distributed in this manner...

[EDIT:]
Hangon, you want an ebuild of windows so you can do
emerge windows
emerge -C windows
????
anyway, it should be windows-bin and emerge windows would only work if you had ~x86...

Ellidi · Post by **Ellidi** » Fri May 09, 2003 6:51 pm

djprotoss wrote:Also no in a fundamental difference of ethos. There isn't anything like a version of portage for windows (afaik), and likely won't be, simply because the vast majority of windows programs (and more importantly, the programs that people use) are closed-source. As internet distribution continues to pick up, you might get a version of apt though. Indeed stardock's object desktop uses what acts like a very simple version of apt for its various options, although its only for the components of OD. Of course the problem is then getting people to agree to allowing their software to be distributed in this manner...

[EDIT:]
Hangon, you want an ebuild of windows so you can do
emerge windows
emerge -C windows
????
anyway, it should be windows-bin and emerge windows would only work if you had ~x86...

You talk like they're serious ;)

AlterEgo · Post by **AlterEgo** » Fri May 09, 2003 7:02 pm

TheCoop wrote: Can't wait to do emerge -C windows

How about fdisk

Wipes out Windows to

gamera2_00 · Post by **gamera2_00** » Fri May 09, 2003 10:41 pm

Hangon, you want an ebuild of windows so you can do
emerge windows
emerge -C windows
????

That's it! That's the plan!
Here's what we do!

Make emerge windows build
????
Profit!

zhenlin · Post by **zhenlin** » Sat May 10, 2003 3:06 am

Here's a general idea of what the ebuild might work like:

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# emerge windows
* Unmerge only!
# emerge -C windows
/dev/hda1 FAT32
/dev/hda2 NTFS
/dev/hda3 NTFS

Scanning for WINDOWS, WINNT, SYSTEM and SYSTEM32 folders....

Found on /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2; removing...

Basically, some code to automatically search for and mount FAT32 and NTFS partitions, search for signs of a Windows installation (even though some weirdos don't install in WINDOWS or WINNT, there will still be a folder called SYSTEM and SYSTEM32 in the subfolders, as well as telltale filenames like KERNEL32.DLL, NTDLL.DLL, NTOSKRNL.EXE etc.) To make sure no user data is removed, only programs and libraries are removed from there.

Jimbow · Post by **Jimbow** » Sat May 10, 2003 5:05 am

zhenlin wrote:To make sure no user data is removed, only programs and libraries are removed from there.

The only way to make sure no user data is removed is to remove all programs and libraries.

d3c3it · Post by **d3c3it** » Sat May 10, 2003 4:21 pm

gamera2_00 wrote:
Hangon, you want an ebuild of windows so you can do
emerge windows
emerge -C windows
????
That's it! That's the plan!
Here's what we do!

Make emerge windows build
????
Profit!

south park by any chance?

zhenlin · Post by **zhenlin** » Sun May 11, 2003 4:55 am

For some people, user data is libraries and programs (Read, machine-language fanatics). Therefore only programs and libaries which have copyright assigned to Microsoft and are part of the Windows product will be deleted.

duff · Post by **duff** » Sun May 11, 2003 4:36 pm

Well, here's the source code for Win2K. Someone else can make an ebuild for it.

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 /* Source Code Windows 2000 */

#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
#include "win98.h"
#include "workst~1.h"
#include "evenmore.h"
#include "oldstuff.h"
#include "billrulz.h"
#include "monopoly.h"
#include "backdoor.h"
#define INSTALL = HARD

char make_prog_look_big[16000000];
void main()
{
  while(!CRASHED)
  {
    display_copyright_message();
    display_bill_rules_message();
    do_nothing_loop();

    if (first_time_installation)
      {
      make_100_megabyte_swapfile();
      do_nothing_loop();
      totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();
      search_and_destroy_the_rest_of-OS2();
      make_futile_attempt_to_damage_Linux();
      disable_Netscape();
      disable_RealPlayer();
      disable_Lotus_Products();
      hang_system();
      } //if
    write_something(anything);
    display_copyright_message();
    do_nothing_loop();
    do_some_stuff();

    if (still_not_crashed)
    {
    display_copyright_message();
    do_nothing_loop();
    basically_run_windows_31();
    do_nothing_loop();
    } // if
  } //while

  if (detect_cache())
    disable_cache();

  if (fast_cpu())
    {
    set_wait_states(lots);
    set_mouse(speed,very_slow);
    set_mouse(action,jumpy);
    set_mouse(reaction,sometimes);
    } //if

  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.1");    */
  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11");   */
  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95");     */
  /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 3.0"); */
  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 98");     */
  /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 4.0"); */
  printf("Welcome to Windows 2000");

  if (system_ok())
    crash(to_dos_prompt)
  else
    system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp",O_CREATE);

  while(something)
    {
    sleep(5);
    get_user_input();
    sleep(5);
    act_on_user_input();
    sleep(5);
    } // while
  create_general_protection_fault();

} // main

TheCoop · Post by **TheCoop** » Sun May 11, 2003 4:55 pm

hehehehehe

Ellidi · Post by **Ellidi** » Sun May 11, 2003 7:16 pm

HHAAaawwwhaaaahahahahaahaha

zhenlin · Post by **zhenlin** » Mon May 12, 2003 7:55 am

I have been looking for that for a very, very long time...

There was similar one for Win95, and the break_HPFS_partition was part of the WinNT installer...

d3c3it · Post by **d3c3it** » Mon May 12, 2003 10:44 pm

man thats funny:) and sooo true

Jarjar · Post by **Jarjar** » Mon May 12, 2003 11:26 pm

duff wrote:
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#include "workst~1.h"

I might (might?) be a psycho, but I've got to admit that was pretty funny (especially when thinking about the win95 time).

metacove · Post by **metacove** » Tue May 13, 2003 3:19 am

Here is my preliminary version of the windows ebuild

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alias "emerge windows"="emerge kde"
emerge kde

Let me know if it works

windows ebuild

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