[mythtv-users] building ivtvdev driver with gentoo

[Dudley Atkinson]

good idea.... thanks.

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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Stephen Tait
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:34 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] building ivtvdev driver with gentoo
>
>
> The only danger you face in doing this is if someone releases an
> ebuild to
> the portage tree and you "accidentally" install it on top of your old one
> and delete all your settings... not very likely!
>
> If you want convenience, then make yourself an ebuild script - there's
> extensive docs on the gentoo site and your portage tree should be full of
> examples (they're essentially just BASH scripts with a load of predefined
> variables). This way you won't need to keep manually recompiling things,
> you can just re-emerge your custom ebuild whenever you recompile a new
> kernel or whatever. If you don't upgrade your kernel often, you'd
> be better
> off just doing a manual module install, gentoo really doesn't
> mind that much.
>
> At 09:12 28/06/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >There isn't really anything 'gentoo style' about installing a kernel
> >module. Just follow the instructions on the ivtv wiki sike and you'll
> >be off and running. Did the same for my gentoo myth setup and haven't
> >looked back.
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