magic patches ... what do they all do?

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scoobydu
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magic patches ... what do they all do?

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Sorry for the basic questions!?

Very noob to gentoox! :shock:

Is there anywhere to get a desription of what the patches do??

like the xfree patch? Does that mean I can't emerge xfree? or does it give us extra functionality if we do patch it?

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Post by ShALLaX »

Yeah... see the link to the left "Patches" click that :P.... you could also go to the developer section to decipher the scripts (warning, theyre messy!).

Its best to let magic do its thing (ESPECIALLY when it comes to Xfree and KDE). Dont just emerge xfree because it wont work (wrong config file and nv_drv.o file).

The magic patches apply xbox/ gentoox specific changes to some ebuilds so they work with the xbox :)
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Post by scoobydu »

So the patches must be installed before or after emerging the application (eg xfree)??

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Post by ShALLaX »

You dont emerge xfree yourself - magic does it all for you :)
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Post by scoobydu »

Ahh, OK thanks ...

Noticed your new site, with the patch explainations!

Looks good!

Thanks
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