Sorry, misread. *slaps self with frying pan* On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 17:03, Bryan D. Stine wrote: > Actually, you need to add the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable to > /etc/make.conf... > > On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 16:29, Niklas Koponen wrote: > > Hi! > > > > In order to get my scanner (HP 3400c) working i have to apply a patch to > > media-gfx/sane-backends. > > > > I'm new to gentoo and a bit lost. > > > > I was thinking that first I copy the media-gfx/sane-backends directory > > to /usr/local/portage. > > > > Then I copy sane-backends-1.0.11.ebuild to > > sane-backends-1.0.11-r1.ebuild. > > > > Then I add the patching to src_unpack. > > > > Then I add PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" > > > > But what then? > > > > Am I going to a totally wrong direction? > > > > Is there some simple howto somewhere how to apply a patch to some > > package and using emerge at the same time? > > > > -Niklas
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