Ok, I really just do not get what on earth it thinks I'm doing wrong here, trying to install java firstly the ebuild in portage it appears is too old, it wants me to fetch a copy of 7u15 from a page that now only has 7u17 on it so fail there no problem just update it surely can't be that hard err right so created an up to date copy of the ebuild in my overlay directory except it wont create the manifest repeatedly tells me to put the file jre-7u17-linux-x64.tar.gz in /usr/portage/distfiles, great ok so...
zeus oracle-jre-bin # cp ~/Downloads/jre-7u17-linux-x64.tar.gz /usr/portage/distfiles zeus oracle-jre-bin # ebuild *.ebuild manifest !!! dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.7.0.17 has fetch restriction turned on. !!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded !!! manually. See the comments in the ebuild for more information. * Please download 'jre-7u17-linux-x64.tar.gz' from: * 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.html' * and move it to '/usr/portage/distfiles' !!! Fetch failed for jre-7u17-linux-i586.tar.gz, can't update Manifest Err confused repeat, same, redownload same, try again, at this point starting to meet the definition of insanity as the result isn't changing finally after the third time finally notice the last line properly, I've been there dutifully doing as it told me and failed to realize the real issue is that it wants the x86 version of the download as well. Next it will point you to a wrong URL asking you to download UnlimitedJCEPolicyJDK7.zip the following URL is the correct one, ty google. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jce-7-download-432124.html After adding that ebuild manifest should work and the ebuild merges fine. I could have just attached the updated one I guess but I havn't for two reasons firstly I had already written half this post when I noticed what the real problem was and secondly I felt there was likely to be more value to others in sharing the experience than there would in simply attaching the file, I guess similar potential little gotchas may exist with other packages also. Real lesson here is probably pretty much read *ALL* the output and don't make assumptions, but anyway if it saves someone else some frustration this was worth typing out.
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