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Portage: Patch existing Perl module ebuild by using a overlay

You may have had the same issue as i some time ago. You install a perl module from Portage but you have to modify the module’s code. Of course you don’t want to patch and install manually. Assuming the module is named “foobar” here’s how i solved it:

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Gentoo: Unmerging software including configs and data

If you’re unmerging software in Gentoo some files stay on your server. This is a result of the setting CONFIG_PROTECT. To unmerge a package completely use this command:

~> CONFIG_PROTECT="" emerge -C [SOFTWARE]

Useful BASH setting: Ignore duplicate commands

There are many settings that make BASH even more usable. As many people doesn’t seem to know this particular parameter i post it here:

HISTCONTROL="ignoredups"

This setting in bashrc or profile makes BASH ignore duplicate commands when searching the history. It’s pretty useful if you had entered the same command several times.

Bye Drupal, Hello WordPress

It’s again time to switch my web framework. After being pretty happy with Drupal 6 it was time to switch to a new solution. Not because Drupal is bad at all. Indeed it’s pretty cool and you can affect many parts of the system.

The candidate is WordPress. It’s looks pretty straight-forward and was . . . → Read More: Bye Drupal, Hello WordPress

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