877811 – sys-boot/efibootmgr: switch to release tarballs?

Bug 877811 - sys-boot/efibootmgr: switch to release tarballs?

Summary: sys-boot/efibootmgr: switch to release tarballs?

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Mike Gilbert

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Reported:	2022-10-21 05:51 UTC by Sam James
Modified:	2022-10-21 13:11 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Sam James archtester

2022-10-21 05:51:22 UTC

efibootmgr seems to have release tarballs at e.g. https://github.com/rhboot/efibootmgr/releases/tag/18.

Could we switch to them? Thanks!

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2022-10-21 13:11:45 UTC

The only difference between the "release tarballs" and the github-generated ones is an RPM spec file that we ignore anyway.

The relevant target in the Makefile runs git archive, unpacks the resulting tarball, generates efibootmgr.spec, and then repacks the archive.

https://github.com/rhboot/efibootmgr/blob/main/Makefile#L59

So yes, we could switch, but without really gaining anything by it.