Re: eapify and stuff

On 16.01.2007, at 21:52, Philipp Riegger wrote:

>>> [ebuild   R   ] net-misc/tinc-1.0.5 
USE="-nls" 0 kB
>>> [ebuild   R   ] dev-libs/lzo-2.02-r1 
USE="-examples" 0 kB
>>>
>>> on my box. Running eapify and adding keywords
worked for lzo, for
>>> tinc i removed the dependency on
virtual/linux-sources. I already
>>> used tinc before when i was using pkgsrc, it
works like a charm
>>> (http://www.tinc-vpn.org/documentation/tinc_2.html#SEC13) and now it
>>> works with gentoo.
>>
>> Does this require root access or something?
>
> Yes, you need to install a kernel extension (the
tun/tap driver/ 
> module) and load it and while starting tincd you have
to assign IP  
> adresses and stuff, so this package needs root (or
sudo).

Just to clarify it: You do not neet root for emerge tinc,
you need it  
for installing other software you need and for running it
(at least  
as far as i know).

Philipp
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On 17-01-2007 09:47:51 +0200, Philipp Riegger wrote:
> >>Does this require root access or something?
> >
> >Yes, you need to install a kernel extension (the
tun/tap driver/ 
> >module) and load it and while starting tincd you
have to assign IP  
> >adresses and stuff, so this package needs root (or
sudo).
> 
> Just to clarify it: You do not neet root for emerge
tinc, you need it  
> for installing other software you need and for running
it (at least  
> as far as i know).

This other software is not in portage I assume?

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On 17.01.2007, at 10:14, Fabian Groffen wrote:

>> Just to clarify it: You do not neet root for emerge
tinc, you need it
>> for installing other software you need and for
running it (at least
>> as far as i know).
>
> This other software is not in portage I assume?

"This other software" is <http://www-u
ser.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~nissler/ 
tuntap/>. It's not in portage and it's not trivial to
write an ebuild  
since it's OS X only and consists of 4 .pkg files. I don't
know, how  
to handle theese.

The best way to handle this (in my opinion) is to ask the
user to  
install that drivers. A linux kernel is also not enough, you
always  
need to activate tun/tap devices. Maybe we could skip the
dependency  
on virtual/linux-kernel on darwin and add some einfo/elog in
this  
case pointing to <http://www.tin
c-vpn.org/documentation/ 
tinc_2.html#SEC13>.

Philipp
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