Re: [gentoo-user] Custom ebuilds and ebuild path not specified
> "nb" == Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'm trying to create custom ebuilds for a few packages for >> which I'm always having to specify USE flags on the command >> line. (For example, I have ``+X +qt ...'' in make.conf, but I >> want to emerge Nethack with ``USE='-X -gnome -qt''', Emacs with >> ``USE='-X''', etc.) I've set PORTDIR_OVERLAY to >> /usr/local/portage in make.conf, created >> /usr/local/portage/games-roguelike/nethack and copied >> nethack-3.4.3-r1.ebuild over as nethack-3.4.3-custom.ebuild. I >> then edited the ebuild, removing the X-related bits, nb> You should put, for example nb> games-roguelike/nethack -X -gnome -qt nb> into /etc/portage/package.use I didn't realize that could be done, but now that I've actually *read* the relevant parts of the Gentoo documentation I see that it'd be the easier solution. Amazing what a little reading will accomplish ... *groan* :) Thanks, Neil! -- Michael J. Barillier | ``When you have to shoot, shoot. | Don't talk.'' Public key available on request. | -- Tuco Ramirez -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Custom ebuilds and ebuild path not specified
> | !!! aux_get(): ebuild path for 'games-roguelike/nethack-3.4.3-custom' not > specified: > | !!!None The problem's more than likely being caused by the '-custom' at the end of your ebuild name. Try changing it to nethack-custom-3.4.3.ebuild, instead, and see if that clears up your issue. ...you'll also (more than likely) have to move the folder in your PORTDIR_OVERLAY from games-roguelike/nethack to games-roguelike/nethack-custom... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Custom ebuilds and ebuild path not specified
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:35:54 -0600, Michael J. Barillier wrote: > I'm trying to create custom ebuilds for a few packages for which I'm > always having to specify USE flags on the command line. (For example, > I have ``+X +qt ...'' in make.conf, but I want to emerge Nethack with > ``USE='-X -gnome -qt''', Emacs with ``USE='-X''', etc.) I've set > PORTDIR_OVERLAY to /usr/local/portage in make.conf, created > /usr/local/portage/games-roguelike/nethack and copied > nethack-3.4.3-r1.ebuild over as nethack-3.4.3-custom.ebuild. I then > edited the ebuild, removing the X-related bits, You should put, for example games-roguelike/nethack -X -gnome -qt into /etc/portage/package.use -- Neil Bothwick Do evangelists do more than lay people? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Custom ebuilds and ebuild path not specified
I'm trying to create custom ebuilds for a few packages for which I'm always having to specify USE flags on the command line. (For example, I have ``+X +qt ...'' in make.conf, but I want to emerge Nethack with ``USE='-X -gnome -qt''', Emacs with ``USE='-X''', etc.) I've set PORTDIR_OVERLAY to /usr/local/portage in make.conf, created /usr/local/portage/games-roguelike/nethack and copied nethack-3.4.3-r1.ebuild over as nethack-3.4.3-custom.ebuild. I then edited the ebuild, removing the X-related bits, but when I run `emerge -s nethack' I get a message: ,[ # emerge -s nethack ] | !!! aux_get(): ebuild path for 'games-roguelike/nethack-3.4.3-custom' not specified: | !!!None ` I've googled for this message and checked the Gentoo forums, but the solutions generally mention setting PORTDIR_OVERLAY, which I've already done. Anyone have any other ideas? Also, when emerge looks for the ``latest'' revision to install, how does it do this? If I create a custom ebuild file will it always override the latest ebuild in /usr/portage? Thanks - -- Michael J. Barillier | ``When you have to shoot, shoot. | Don't talk.'' Public key available on request. | -- Tuco Ramirez -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 07:07, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > See the 'B' part? That's pretty appropriate. They break things. They > break things badly. It's certainly Buyer Beware. I would like to point out at least one exception (which probably proves the rule), which was the openoffice-ximian ebuild; that got developed and tested a bit at BMG; and formed the substantive base for what is now in Portage. So it's not *all* bad, but I can appreciate Spider's comment about idiots who bug Gentoo developers about problems they're having with externally sourced ebuilds. AfC Toronto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
begin quote On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:42:49 +0100 mathieu perrenoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 December 2003 04.20, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:59:02 -0800 (PST) Stephen Turner > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i > > | wanted > > | to emerge? thanks > > > > If they're from BMG, /dev/null is a good place. > > what's wrong with BMG's ebuilds? The bugs we get from users who come around wanting -SHINEY-SPARKLE-NEW-BROKEN-BROKEN-BADQUALITY- ebuilds who then think that its ok to bug us on things that they in their limited scope of mind consider "unrelated" because its "not the package I got from BMG. Guess what? REFORMAT YOUR SYSTEM. REDO. REINSTALL. We've had a lot of trouble with end users who take this, shiney, sparkly, new, and KNOWN BROKEN. thing, install it, realize its BROKEN, remove the ebuild and fix something up, then two weeks later their system breaks when compiling, and lo and behold... They still had that bad header file there, or it was that development library lying around that wasn't useful. That, together with their usually way off syntax errors, Mangled KEYWORDS and totally broken DEPEND section, makes me abhor and loathe BMG ebuilds. So, I want a contract, written in your blood, on your soul and with the skin peeled from your back as parchment that you promise to wipe your whole harddrive before ever touching the Gentoo bugzilla again. No, I don't care that you think you know what you are doing, others thought so too. Insisted on it even. Did that help? //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:42:49 +0100 mathieu perrenoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wednesday 24 December 2003 04.20, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:59:02 -0800 (PST) Stephen Turner | > | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i | > | wanted to emerge? thanks | > | > If they're from BMG, /dev/null is a good place. | | what's wrong with BMG's ebuilds? See the 'B' part? That's pretty appropriate. They break things. They break things badly. They hose your system. Stuff in the official portage tree doesn't usually do that (except on Tuesdays, and only if Spider isn't looking). -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 04.20, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:59:02 -0800 (PST) Stephen Turner > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i wanted > | to emerge? thanks > > If they're from BMG, /dev/null is a good place. what's wrong with BMG's ebuilds? > Otherwise, set > PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/make.conf to something sane (such as > /home/overlay), make the relevant directories inside there (eg > app-misc/newtoy) and place newtoy-1.23.ebuild there. > > The x/y directories bit is important, and catches a lot of people out. > You need to have a sensible tree inside PORTDIR_OVERLAY. -- mathieu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
look in /etc/make.conf you will find an option to set or change if you like the place to store local ebuilds. Usually /usr/local/portage, just uncomment the option. create the directory and then create any categories needed to put your ebuilds in. It needs to match the normal portage tree or emerge won't find them. On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 18:59, Stephen Turner wrote: > hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i wanted to > emerge? thanks > > > = > ::: common sense? does it come with a manual?::: > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:59:02 -0800 (PST) Stephen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i wanted | to emerge? thanks If they're from BMG, /dev/null is a good place. Otherwise, set PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/make.conf to something sane (such as /home/overlay), make the relevant directories inside there (eg app-misc/newtoy) and place newtoy-1.23.ebuild there. The x/y directories bit is important, and catches a lot of people out. You need to have a sensible tree inside PORTDIR_OVERLAY. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
Look in /etc/make.conf for a variable PORTDIR_OVERLAY which tells portage where else to look for ebuilds. Also check out the docs on the Gentoo site. On Tuesday 23 December 2003 21:59, you wrote: > hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i wanted to > emerge? thanks > > > = > > ::: common sense? does it come with a manual?::: > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`
hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i wanted to emerge? thanks = ::: common sense? does it come with a manual?::: __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
