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Gentoo - how make binary packages from allready installed packages

I have some really old systems (like prehistoric in gentoo timescale) and I would like make binary packages there, but I do not have all the sources for normal compilation, as it was deleted from web ...
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CPU optimized compiled debian packages

I really don't know how the Debian maintainers check for all the bugs in every release of Debian, but isn't it the case that if all codes for every package have been patched up and tested for all CPU ...
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Is there a way to "stabilize" past built unstable Gentoo binary packages without rebuilding?

Here's the scenario: build some ~amd64 package versions on your binhost later those same package versions go stable in portage, so no version bumps involved even if packages are listed stable in ...
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How to package software in Funtoo/Gentoo?

I am new in Funtoo/Gentoo. Where do I start learning how to create my own "packages"? For example, I have done the following to get the source code of Bespin, a Style for Qt4, derived from the Style ...
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Changes for py2cairo ebuild to activate xpyb in build

I would like to build qtile for Funtoo/Gentoo and there is also a nice py2cairo ebuild, but it misses an option for xpyb, so it builds without those options, now my interesst is to fork that ebuild ...
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