Provide ebuild for latest version of btrfs-progs from the
upstream git repository.
This version contains the first working fsck tools that can
actually fix some errors and corruptions.
This ebuild is based on a specific git commit. Upstream has not
provided any recent discrete release source archives.
The previous sys-fs/btrfs-progs ommitted the actual new ebuild.
So here's the actual ebuild (as well as a copy of the previous
commit message for reference).
I'm adding an updated btrfs-progs ebuild based on a discrete git
commit from the semi-official git source tree on kernel.org
(http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-progs.git)
using the EGIT_COMMIT="..." variable to lock down the ebuild to
a specific version.
This version now contains the first generation of recovery tools
to assist users who have corrupt btrfs volumes. Although a btrfsck
tool that corrects errors in place is not available yet, at least
users can use this recovery tool to extract data from their partition
to facilitate recovery.
Btrfs-progs is moving at a glacial pace towards a 0.20 version.
The official source for the 0.19 version is no longer available since
the rebuilding of the kernel.org servers after being hacked in
August/September of 2011.
Even thought the 0.19 sources are widely available on mirrors,
it makes sense at this point to make a git-based ebuild since the
modifications are extensive, and the official 0.19 source tar ball
is MIA.
I'm adding an updated btrfs-progs ebuild based on a discrete git
commit from the semi-official git source tree on kernel.org
(http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-progs.git)
using the EGIT_COMMIT="..." variable to lock down the ebuild to
a specific version.
This version now contains the first generation of recovery tools
to assist users who have corrupt btrfs volumes. Although a btrfsck
tool that corrects errors in place is not available yet, at least
users can use this recovery tool to extract data from their partition
to facilitate recovery.
Btrfs-progs is moving at a glacial pace towards a 0.20 version.
The official source for the 0.19 version is no longer available since
the rebuilding of the kernel.org servers after being hacked in
August/September of 2011.
Even thought the 0.19 sources are widely available on mirrors,
it makes sense at this point to make a git-based ebuild since the
modifications are extensive, and the official 0.19 source tar ball
is MIA.
[overlay-split] dev-vcs: remove, split ebuilds
[overlay-split] app-crypt/* remove split ebuilds
[overlay-split] www-apps: remove split stuff
[overlay-split] app-office: remove libreoffice*
[overlay-split] remove stuff
[overlay-split] remove most from www-client
[sys-apps/hal] Removing depricated sys-apps/hal ebuilds.
The sys-apps/hal package has been depricated. Removing sys-apps/hal
ebuilds from the overlay.
[app-emulation/wine] Removing app-emulation/wine that depend on hal.
Removing the app-emulation/wine ebuilds that depend on hal, since
hal has been depricated.
[overlay-split] remove some stuff from app-misc and their revdeps
[overlay-split] remove some stuff from media-gfx
[overlay-split] remove split (zen-)nmap
[overlay-split] x11-drivers -> remove
[overlay-split] media-libs and media-gfx -> remove some stuff
[overlay-split] x11-apps and net-print done
[overlay-split] dev-util done
json-glib: remove old and unmasked 9999
[overlay-split] dev-python done
remove httlib2 - not needed in the overlays completely
urlgrabber - probably fixed in Portage - not sure, not brought
by me to the overlay, let's remove from this branch only
[overlay-split] media-plugins, net-dns, x11-wm
remove alsa-plugins (let 'em use Portage's)
remove split avahi
remove customised x11-wm/awesome (enlightenment is left due to short
discussion)
[overlay-split] dev-libs
remove dev-libs/libdbusmenu - this version is not used even
in Entropy, let's remove it from 'gentoo' and leave overlay
users Portage's version
Enlightenment stuff is left here "as always".
d0_blind_id is unmasked 9999, but it's for xonotic and it
doesn't have large rev. dep list.
[overlay-split] media-sound done
remove guayadeque, fixed in Gentoo, removed from master already
remove pulseaudio, let the Gentoo folks use "their"
[overlay-split] x11-themes: remove Sabayon-related stuff
[overlay-split] net-wireless: remove some stuff
acx - stale files only
b43-firmware - old, doesn't seem to add any value currently,
unlikely useful for Gentoo users
broadcom-sta - same as above
btsco* - old, bad dep, probably doesn't even compile, unused
libertas-firmware - like broad-sta
[overlay-split] app-text: remove stuff
epdf - keywored live ebuild, do not want
pastebunz - hard choice, but seems more natural in the other overlay
(and it can be moved in needed)
poppler* - ofc rm'd split'd ebuilds
[overlay-split] media-tv: remove some stuff
[overlay-split] sys-boot: remove
[overlay-split] gnome-base: remove some stuff
[overlay-split] media-video: remove some stuff
[overlay-split] net-irc: remove split quassel
[overlay-split] sys-apps: remove Sabayon stuff
[overlay-split] net-mail/mailbase: remove mod.
[overlay-split] net-libs/xulrunner: remove Sabayon mod.
[overlay-split] x11-libs: remove some stuff
xvba-video - it's in Portage; and it depends on
x11-drivers/ati-userspace, which is not in Portage
xvba-sdk - needed for xvba-video, let's move it too
xcb-util - who the heck needs it here
[overlay-split] net-misc: remove hylafax and networkmanager
hylafax - "[net-misc/hylafax] make it work with our media-libs/tiff
compat package"
[overlay-split] sys-fs: rm udev and mdadm
[overlay-split] sys-libs: rm glibc
[overlay-split] x11-base: remove
[overlay-split] app-admin: rm gnome-system-tools
[overlay-split] sys-kernel and sys-power done
[overlay-split] x11-plugins: remove unmasked live ebuild
[overlay-split] kde-misc: rm unmasked live eb. that would override Portage's
[overlay-split] kde-base: rm all, Sabayon mod.
[overlay-split] complete this phase - rm remaining stuff!
The official btrfs-progs release has become out-of-date. This
issue is acknowledged by the btrfs developers, and they plan to
issue an updated version when they clear a few more pressing problems
away.
In the meantime, the btrfs user community has identified the candidate
patch set for the next release of btrfs-progs.
These can be found at:
http://git.darksatanic.net/cgi/gitweb.cgi?p=btrfs-progs-unstable.git;a=summary
This patch set is based on the 'for-chris' branch of this repository.
Re-enables extra programs, adds a nice patch to view progress on NTFS clone.
Can be removed if patch is integrated upstream.
Should be easy to bump, but this app doesnt get bumped often at all.
Fabio Erculiani
Mitch Harder
Sławomir Nizio
Ian Whyman
Fabio Erculiani