just wondering - webkit-gtk

honeymak · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 599

can webkit-gtk has a bin prebuilt by gentoo ? like firefox-bin, rust-bin, libreoffice-bin...etc

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eccerr0r · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 3:25 am Post subject:

Unless you're using bindist, chances are, no -- because webkit-gtk doesn't supply binaries like the other packages.
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honeymak · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 599

you mean firefox-bin compile by mozilla, rust-bin by crate.io, libreoffice by others (i duuno)

you mean these -bin pkg are not compiled by gentoo?
i mean.... they are compiled by upstream? and send gentoo repo binaries?

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eccerr0r · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 7:31 am Post subject:

yes, the -bin packages are upstream-built packages. Only these are made available as -bin packages. The ebuild unpacks the upstream packages (tar.gz? deb? rpm? all handled by ebuild) and makes it ready for merge.
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honeymak · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 599

OOoooooooooooooooooooo...ic
i thought there was some places do gentoo binhost stuff like that made public

OOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo....from upstream.......cooooool

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John R. Graham · Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:53 pm Post subject:

Well, yes, there is such a place. See the Binary package guide or the Gentoo Binary Host Quickstart article on the Wiki for how to use Gentoo-built binaries. The -bin packages predate this effort—and there are only a very few of them.

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