[mythtv-users] Using Gentoo ebuilds from git packaging repo

[David Liana]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:57 AM, lists.md301 <lists.md301 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:
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>> On 2/10/2011 20:51, Robin Gilks wrote:
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>>> Greetings
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a howto on using the ebuilds from git? I have read the
>>> README file and have got the packages repository into
>>> /usr/local/mythtv_portage and got as far as a --pretend on the emerge and
>>> it all looks OK.
>>>
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>> Check out the packaging repository to your hard drive.
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>>        git clone git://github.com/MythTV/packaging.git/usr/local/mythtv_portage
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>> Add the overlay to portage with the following line in your /etc/make.conf
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>>        PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/mythtv_portage/Gentoo"
>>
>> Then just continue to update MythTV and the plugins as normal.  0.24
>> builds are marked as stable, while 0.25 builds will have to be unmasked in
>> your /etc/portage/package.keywords.  Rob Smith has been updating the ebuilds
>> every few days, and you can pull the new sets by running the following.
>>
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> [snip]
>
> So is this going to be the "official" manner in which mythtv is going to be
> supported in Gentoo going forward?  Perhaps the transition to git has thrown
> a monkeywrench into things, but I haven't seen much official action in
> Gentoo-land for 0.24, either in portage (no alpha ebuilds) or on the bugs
> tracking.  On the open Gentoo bugs ticket requesting a 0.24 ebuild, I see
> that people have been offering their own ebuilds (and referencing the mythtv
> git ones as well), but nothing from the official gentoo maintainer "cardoe"
> (Doug Goldstein), or any timeline.
>
> I've been waiting to try 0.24 on my system, but don't know if I should wait
> for something to appear in portage, or go with the mythtv-bundled solution.
> I want to avoid having to switch approaches mid-stream if possible.  If/when
> something is decided, it would be nice for it to be published someplace
> (wiki, mailing list, etc.).
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I don't know if it will be going forward, as I don't speak for Gentoo or
MythTV.  But, the ebuilds work well and users can generate their own ebuilds
using the provided python script.

The upgrade was generally painless for me.
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