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> All of the various Linux distributions just repackage those binaries. Source please. Never mind, it's simply wrong so don't even worry about it!
by kingofpandora 7y ago
> All of the various Linux distributions just repackage those binaries.
Source please.
Never mind, it's simply wrong so don't even worry about it!
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoEven if you’re right and they’re wrong, the snark was unwarranted IMO. You should either correct the GP or request more information (like a source), not ask rhetorically.
- ajsnigrutin 7y agoGentoo does it for firefox-bin: /usr/portage/www-client/firefox-bin/firefox-bin-69.0.ebuild MOZ_HTTP_URI="https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/${MOZ_PN}/releases/" ... SRC_URI="${SRC_URI} amd64? ( ${MOZ_HTTP_URI%/}/${MOZ_PV}/linux-x86_64/en-US/${MOZ_P}.tar.bz2 -> ${PN}_x86_64-${PV}.tar.bz2 ) x86? ( ${MOZ_HTTP_URI%/}/${MOZ_PV}/linux-i686/en-US/${MOZ_P}.tar.bz2 -> ${PN}_i686-${PV}.tar.bz2 )"
- brennebeck 7y agoDoesn’t gentoo essentially do that for (most?) everything?
- moviuro 7y agoOnly massive packages (firefox, chromium, KDE, Gnome, etc.). The entire promise of gentoo is the opposite: fine-tuning and local ~~heater~~ compilation.