On 6/4/08, Mark Haney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I've gone over the docs and the HOWTOs on gentoo.org and I'm still a > wee bit (okay maybe a lot) fuzzy on developing/updating ebuilds. > > I have a particular app I use quite often (DVDStyler), but the ebuild in > portage is pretty old (1.5.2_p2) compared to the latest version available > (1.6.2), the difference being about a year between them. > > I know I can just compile the source for the latest, but I'd like to update > the ebuild to learn how to do it. The docs however, aren't helpful from the > standpoint that there's no clear cut procedure for setting up a devel > environment for building/testing an ebuild locally without becoming a gentoo > developer, per se. > > Me, I rather like having step-by-step instructions on my first go round so > I can 'do it right' the first time, then I'll know how to fix it if I bork > something. > > Is there something like that floating around? > > Mark Haney
Mark, is a local layman repo something for you? I found this link http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Sync_your_private_overlay Hope this is of some help :) -- [email protected] mailing list
