In ~4.18, IPX (Internetwork Packet eXchange) protocol and NCPFS (NetWare Core Protocol Filesystem) support was removed due to lack of maintenance. Due to both being dead from a technology standpoint, and lack of any upstream activity on the userland package front, the following changes will happen after 75 days: Delete USE flag reference for 'ncp': net-analyzer/hydra profiles/use.local.desc Remove ebuilds & files: net-fs/ncpfs net-misc/ipx-utils Remove reference to 'ipx-utils': profiles/license_groups
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a69f55207197012415f8b17cbdf6cbd88bc9f0f9 commit a69f55207197012415f8b17cbdf6cbd88bc9f0f9 Author: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-03-28 20:16:40 +0000 Commit: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-03-28 20:17:59 +0000 profiles: Mask net-fs/ncpfs, net-misc/ipx-utils for removal Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/681820 Signed-off-by: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1f92c082df2840655f87fdea8d0b7dba4c652e7f commit 1f92c082df2840655f87fdea8d0b7dba4c652e7f Author: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-03-28 23:17:20 +0000 Commit: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-03-28 23:20:42 +0000 profiles/base/package.use.mask: mask 'ncp' USE flag net-fs/ncpfs is slated for removal in ~75 days. Mask its associated USE flag. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/681820 Signed-off-by: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org> profiles/base/package.use.mask | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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Hello, haven't updated @world in a while and learned of this removal. Supposing I booted an older kernel, could I still get these ebuilds into my local overlay and re-emerge them for use? Currently, the ipx_* programs are still installed for me, but I might accidentally remove it because of careless `--depclean`s or whatnot. My use-case is nostalgic Diablo 1 (possible Starcraft, but personally untested) multiplayer with friends.
Yes, making a copy of the ebuild should work. You will want to keep a copy of the distfile around as well. It is prone to possibly disappearing down the road. And as far as I can recall, I don't think you need a NetWare or NetWare-like server present on a network to use IPX-aware games. D1 and SC1 just use the basic protocol functions of IPX and don't require access to NCP filesystems, so an old Win2000 VM should be more than capable of running those games. Back then, though, I believe standard TCP/IP could be used as well. So you may not need IPX at all.