On Sunday, September 06, 2015 6:14:52 PM the...@sys-concept.com wrote:
> 
> Thelma
> 
> On 09/06/2015 01:40 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
> [snip]
> >> Though, I can not "manifest" the ebuild it can not be found: 
> > nxclient-3.5.0-7.x86_64.tar.gz
> >> ebuild /usr/local/portage/net-misc/nxclient/nxclient-3.5.0.7.ebuild 
manifest
> > 
> > Change the SRC_URI variable on the ebuild to point to one of those 
mirrors. If 
> > you already have it on distfiles it probably doesn't find it because the 
SRC_URI 
> > has a different filename.
> > 
> >> Layman -L
> >> doesn't list it either
> > 
> > That's normal because it's not a layman managed overlay. Just make sure to 
> > list it on your repos.conf. When you emerge it with the -v option it 
should 
> > show your overlay name instead of gentoo next to the package name.
> > 
> > If it's a binary package you could also just add the dependencies to your 
> > world file or to a set and just unpack it manually to /opt.
> > 
> > BTW. It is on the attic, and it does requires extra files. Just copy the 
whole 
> > directory from the attic, including files/, then update the SRC_URI and the 
> > jpeg dependency.
> 
> Hmm I don't know which directory you talking about, is it:
> https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/net-misc/nxclient/files/?hideattic=0

That's it, if you don't need them they where likely for old versions so 
nevermind.

> I just downloaded: nxclient-3.5.0.7.ebuild
> and have only two files in:
> /usr/local/portage/net-misc/nxclient
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1162 Sep  6 17:21 Manifest
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1991 Sep  6 17:21 nxclient-3.5.0.7.ebuild
> 
> > https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/net-misc/nxclient/?hideattic=0
> > 
> >> Various places have it, like:
> >> https://baobabmaster.unige.ch/download/linux/
> 
> I removed: media-libs/jpeg
> and emerged libjpeg-turbo
> 
> I think it worked, I changed in: nxclient-3.5.0.7.ebuild
> ...
> 
SRC_URI="http://download.vrdc.cornell.edu/extras/other/nxclient-3.5.0-7.x86_64.tar.gz";
> 
> RDEPEND="dev-libs/expat
>         >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8
>         media-libs/audiofile
>         media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
> ...
> 
> Generated new manifest and it compiled just fine.

Good. You probably want to make that dependency virtual/jpeg and re-emerge so 
if it changes in the future you don't run into the same problem. 

And yes, that was the right file in repos.conf, I just have it all in a single 
repos.conf file which works too.

> This solved the problem with audacity-2.0.5 I had a problem previously; now 
it compiles just fine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Thelma
> 

-- 
Fernando Rodriguez

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