Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruinehsen <at> fu-berlin.de> writes:
> > PROBLEM ------- But I cannot use emerge to install it. # emerge > > brother-mfc6490cw-cups Calculating dependencies / * Manifest not > > found for '/usr/local/portage/net-print/brother-mfc6490cw-cups/ > > brother-mfc6490cw-cups-1.1.2_p2.ebuild' > > So now I need to hack the manifest and other files into this dir? > > Any discussion, ideas, syntax or ebuild support files (manifest et. > > al) are most welcome (Neil?) > layman -a printer-drivers I have /usr/local/portage/net-print/brother-mfc6490cw-cups set up I did generate the ebuild manifest by hand: # ebuild brother-mfc6490cw-cups-1.1.2_p2.ebuild manifest <snip> 2012-10-05 14:45:35 (653 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/mfc6490cwcupswrapper-1.1.2-2.i386.rpm' saved [15650/15650] Creating Manifest for /usr/local/portage/net-print/brother-mfc6490cw-cups > Afterwards you should be able to install the driver. > This file is empty, but exists: cat /var/lib/layman/make.conf <empty> what should be in this file? # layman -a printer-drivers * Running... # /usr/bin/git clone git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/printer-drivers.git /var/lib/layman/printer-drivers Cloning into '/var/lib/layman/printer-drivers'... remote: Counting objects: 38, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (32/32), done. remote: Total 38 (delta 7), reused 0 (delta 0) Receiving objects: 100% (38/38), 8.57 KiB, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (7/7), done. * Failed to add overlay "printer-drivers". * Error was: Did not find a PORTDIR_OVERLAY entry in file /var/lib/layman/make.conf! Did you specify the correct file?
