We need to ensure mailcap points to binaries inside the Prefix, for that we just copy the file to modify it. Please let me know if you're ok with merging this, thanks! +++ mailbase-1.5-r1.ebuild 2020-12-26 13:20:16.404922493 +0000 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 EAPI=7 -inherit pam +inherit pam prefix DESCRIPTION="MTA layout package" SRC_URI="" @@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ dodir /etc/mail insinto /etc/mail doins "${FILESDIR}"/aliases + cp "${FILESDIR}"/mailcap . + hprefixify mailcap insinto /etc - doins "${FILESDIR}"/mailcap + doins mailcap doman "${FILESDIR}"/mailcap.5 dosym spool/mail /var/mail
ugh (for hprefixify) how about we get rid of absolute paths in mailcap file? would that solve your problem?
yes, and I would prefer that too, because this file just defines tools to use, and if they exist in the host system, then YOLO is fine, sort of.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f2b712ce31a89f4873ae76c1f5a4148eebfc7533 commit f2b712ce31a89f4873ae76c1f5a4148eebfc7533 Author: Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-12-29 10:41:04 +0000 Commit: Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-12-29 10:41:30 +0000 net-mail/mailbase: do not hardcode application paths as it obviously wont work for gentoo prefix project. and review and revize the mailcap file while at it. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/761772 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.12, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> net-mail/mailbase/files/mailcap-r1 | 19 +++++++++++++++ net-mail/mailbase/mailbase-1.6.ebuild | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
please let me know if mailbase-1.6 works for prefix. thank you
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4276a664c2bbe8b5917070e6a09f454925474f01 commit 4276a664c2bbe8b5917070e6a09f454925474f01 Author: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-12-30 12:02:16 +0000 Commit: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-12-30 12:02:53 +0000 net-mail/mailbase-1.6: add Prefix keywords Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/761772 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.9, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> net-mail/mailbase/mailbase-1.6.ebuild | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
(In reply to Eray Aslan from comment #4) > please let me know if mailbase-1.6 works for prefix. thank you yes this works fine, thanks!
