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Re:Gittup, a Linux distro on top of Git by andrey_utkin on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:20PM (#16018545)
> And even if you run a source-based distro like Gentoo, editing those sources by hand can still be quite intimidating.

Not so much hassle.

Way 1:

1. put your patch to /etc/portage/patches/sys-apps/coreutils/my-ls.patch

2. emerge coreutils

Way 2:

1. ebuild /usr/portage/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.28-r1.ebuild prepare

2. edit sources in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/coreutils

3. ebuild /usr/portage/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.28-r1.ebuild merge

Really nice to work this way if you debug compiled software a lot.

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