* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix: faq.xml
@ 2008-10-09 20:33 Jeremy Olexa (darkside)
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From: Jeremy Olexa (darkside) @ 2008-10-09 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
darkside 08/10/09 20:33:13
Added: faq.xml
Log:
Add new faq.xml doc written by myself
Revision Changes Path
1.1 xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
Index: faq.xml
===================================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.1 2008/10/09 20:33:13 darkside Exp $: -->
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml" lang="us">
<title>Frequently Asked questions about the Gentoo Prefix Project</title>
<author title="Author">
<mail link="darkside@gentoo.org">Jeremy Olexa</mail>
</author>
<abstract>
This guide covers questions frequently asked by users of Gentoo Prefix
</abstract>
<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
<version>1.0</version>
<date>2008-10-09</date>
<chapter>
<title>Gentoo Prefix Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<section>
<title>How can I contribute?</title>
<body>
<p>
Due to the depth of the Gentoo Prefix project, we really like to have users
become involved. It helps us immensely. Here are some possibilities:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Report bugs! Unreported bugs are very bad for the health of the
project, please do report bugs
</li>
<li>
Report working packages that you may have <uri
link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/ecopy.xml">imported</uri>
</li>
<li>
Test packages - We cannot make sure that every package on every arch works
by ourselves.
</li>
<li>
Bootstrapping must always work, rebootstrapping often and reporting issues
would benefit all and you might learn something as well.
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>I made a fix, what is the best way to report this?</title>
<body>
<p>
The absolute best way to report fixes is through <uri
link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/">Gentoo's Bugzilla.</uri> Use the
"Gentoo/Alt" Product with the "Prefix Support" component, or click <uri
link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Gentoo%2FAlt">here</uri>.
The second best way is two report them on the gentoo-alt <uri
link="http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml">mailing list</uri>, however,
items may get forgotten or overlooked on the mailing list. Finally, you may
report items in irc, but be sure you are speaking to a Gentoo Prefix
developer, otherwise it is likely to not be noticed.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>XXX ebuild works for me, now what?</title>
<body>
<p>
Please report it! See above and also see <uri
link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/ecopy.xml#doc_chap2">here</uri>
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>I want to run Gentoo Prefix within my company, am I allowed to do so?</title>
<body>
<p>
Of course, see above for support ;) Also, you must obey whichever license as
applies.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>How mature is Gentoo Prefix?</title>
<body>
<p>
Many of us use Gentoo Prefix everyday and it has been in existance since
2004. Keep in mind that you are riding the tip of the portage code and the
latest packages as they exist in the gentoo-x86 tree.
Gentoo Prefix is believed to have a reasonable maturity. However, as always,
our software comes without warranty.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>What is the "gentoo-x86 tree" ?</title>
<body>
<p>
gentoo-x86 is what Gentoo Linux calls their tree that contains all the
ebuilds. See <uri link="http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/">
here.</uri>
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>On which platforms does Gentoo Prefix run on?</title>
<body>
<p>
Many platforms, including but not limited to: RHEL, SLES, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris,
OS X, Interix (SFU on Windows).
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>What is the best way to contact a Gentoo Prefix developer?</title>
<body>
<p>
Please do not send us unsolicited mail. We prefor to receive list mail.
See above for info on the gentoo-alt mailing list.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>I want to import an ebuild, how do I go about that?</title>
<body>
<p>
<uri
link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/ecopy.xml">Documentation</uri>
already exists.
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>I want to uninstall Gentoo Prefix from my system, how?</title>
<body>
<p>
rm -rf "${EPREFIX}"
</p>
</body>
</section>
<section>
<title>I don't understand something in this FAQ!</title>
<body>
<p>Please join #gentoo-alt on irc.gentoo.org or utilize the gentoo-alt
mailing list.
</p>
</body>
</section>
</chapter>
</guide>
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix: faq.xml
@ 2008-10-09 21:51 Jeremy Olexa (darkside)
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From: Jeremy Olexa (darkside) @ 2008-10-09 21:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
darkside 08/10/09 21:51:11
Modified: faq.xml
Log:
s/two/to, typo
Revision Changes Path
1.2 xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.2&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?r1=1.1&r2=1.2
Index: faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- faq.xml 9 Oct 2008 20:33:13 -0000 1.1
+++ faq.xml 9 Oct 2008 21:51:11 -0000 1.2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.1 2008/10/09 20:33:13 darkside Exp $: -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.2 2008/10/09 21:51:11 darkside Exp $: -->
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/guide.dtd">
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/">Gentoo's Bugzilla.</uri> Use the
"Gentoo/Alt" Product with the "Prefix Support" component, or click <uri
link="https://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Gentoo%2FAlt">here</uri>.
- The second best way is two report them on the gentoo-alt <uri
+ The second best way is to report them on the gentoo-alt <uri
link="http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml">mailing list</uri>, however,
items may get forgotten or overlooked on the mailing list. Finally, you may
report items in irc, but be sure you are speaking to a Gentoo Prefix
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix: faq.xml
@ 2008-10-12 9:37 Fabian Groffen (grobian)
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From: Fabian Groffen (grobian) @ 2008-10-12 9:37 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
grobian 08/10/12 09:37:22
Modified: faq.xml
Log:
on request of pipping, add FAQ entry for gcc vs gcc-apple
Revision Changes Path
1.3 xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.3&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.3&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Index: faq.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- faq.xml 9 Oct 2008 21:51:11 -0000 1.2
+++ faq.xml 12 Oct 2008 09:37:22 -0000 1.3
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.2 2008/10/09 21:51:11 darkside Exp $: -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.3 2008/10/12 09:37:22 grobian Exp $: -->
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/guide.dtd">
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.0</version>
-<date>2008-10-09</date>
+<version>1.1</version>
+<date>2008-10-12</date>
<chapter>
<title>Gentoo Prefix Frequently Asked Questions</title>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
<title>What is the best way to contact a Gentoo Prefix developer?</title>
<body>
<p>
- Please do not send us unsolicited mail. We prefor to receive list mail.
+ Please do not send us private mail. We prefer to receive list mail.
See above for info on the gentoo-alt mailing list.
</p>
</body>
@@ -153,6 +153,21 @@
</section>
<section>
+ <title>What is the difference between gcc and gcc-apple?</title>
+ <body>
+ <p>
+ Mac OS X users will have gcc-apple installed, which is Apple's
+ branch of the GCC compiler. Normal GCC compiles fine on Mac OS
+ X as well. The difference between the two are modifications
+ made by Apple that are not in FSF GCC. Many of these
+ modifications are necessary for applications like Qt, MPlayer
+ and GHC to compile. For this reason, Mac OS X users need
+ gcc-apple to be installed.
+ </p>
+ </body>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
<title>I don't understand something in this FAQ!</title>
<body>
<p>Please join #gentoo-alt on irc.gentoo.org or utilize the gentoo-alt
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix: faq.xml
@ 2010-02-04 16:29 Fabian Groffen (grobian)
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From: Fabian Groffen (grobian) @ 2010-02-04 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
grobian 10/02/04 16:29:55
Modified: faq.xml
Log:
Add FAQ item for time(commit->user)
Revision Changes Path
1.5 xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.5&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.5&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?r1=1.4&r2=1.5
Index: faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- faq.xml 25 Nov 2008 22:24:18 -0000 1.4
+++ faq.xml 4 Feb 2010 16:29:54 -0000 1.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.4 2008/11/25 22:24:18 darkside Exp $: -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.5 2010/02/04 16:29:54 grobian Exp $: -->
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/guide.dtd">
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.1</version>
-<date>2008-10-12</date>
+<version>1.2</version>
+<date>2010-02-04</date>
<chapter>
<title>Gentoo Prefix Frequently Asked Questions</title>
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
<title>What is the "gentoo-x86 tree" ?</title>
<body>
<p>
- gentoo-x86 is what Gentoo Linux calls their tree that contains all the
+ gentoo-x86 (sometimes simply referred to as gx86) is what Gentoo Linux
+ calls their tree that contains all the
ebuilds. See <uri link="http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/">
here.</uri>
</p>
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@
<body>
<p>
Many platforms, including but not limited to: RHEL, SLES, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris,
- OS X, Interix (SFU on Windows).
+ Mac OS X, Interix (SFU on Windows).
</p>
</body>
</section>
@@ -168,6 +169,29 @@
</section>
<section>
+ <title>A fix was committed, but I don't have it, how come?</title>
+ <body>
+ <p>
+ Gentoo Prefix users no longer are using a SVN snapshot as their
+ portage tree. This means a commit made by a developer is not
+ directly accessible to users. Instead, users are using an rsync
+ version of the portage tree that is amongst others enriched with
+ metadata for improved performance. This tree is generated twice
+ an hour, at 01 and 31. The generation usually takes about 5
+ minutes, but may take up to 25 minutes when lots of changes have
+ been committed. From the moment the generation is done, the
+ rsync slaves have to pick up the updated copy from the main
+ generation server. The slaves will sync with the main server in
+ the last 5 minutes, thus from 25th till 30th minute.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In short this means that you can only safely sync to get the fix
+ 60 minutes after the commit has taken place.
+ </p>
+ </body>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
<title>I don't understand something in this FAQ!</title>
<body>
<p>Please join #gentoo-prefix on irc.gentoo.org or utilize the gentoo-alt
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* [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix: faq.xml
@ 2011-12-03 19:30 Fabian Groffen (grobian)
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From: Fabian Groffen (grobian) @ 2011-12-03 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-commits
grobian 11/12/03 19:30:33
Modified: faq.xml
Log:
Add Q&A on PATH overriding
Revision Changes Path
1.6 xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.6&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?rev=1.6&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
Index: faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- faq.xml 4 Feb 2010 16:29:54 -0000 1.5
+++ faq.xml 3 Dec 2011 19:30:33 -0000 1.6
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.5 2010/02/04 16:29:54 grobian Exp $: -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/faq.xml,v 1.6 2011/12/03 19:30:33 grobian Exp $: -->
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/guide.dtd">
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.2</version>
-<date>2010-02-04</date>
+<version>1.3</version>
+<date>2011-12-03</date>
<chapter>
<title>Gentoo Prefix Frequently Asked Questions</title>
@@ -192,6 +192,18 @@
</section>
<section>
+ <title>My PATH does not include the Prefix directories after
+ I ran ./startprefix</title>
+ <body>
+ <p>
+ you probably override PATH in your <c>~/.profile</c>,
+ <c>~/.bashrc</c>, <c>~/.cshrc</c> or <c>~/.tcshrc</c> (or what
+ else is your shell initialisation file)
+ </p>
+ </body>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
<title>I don't understand something in this FAQ!</title>
<body>
<p>Please join #gentoo-prefix on irc.gentoo.org or utilize the gentoo-alt
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