On 7/29/06, Richard Broersma Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello all,
I am trying to install Fortran for a school project
my wife is working on.
Are there any installation instructions better
than the following ones?:
1) http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117452
- my question with this link is, where is this overlay
directory that is mentioned?
This is talking about creating a local portage overlay for your own
ebuilds. You can set PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage in
/etc/make.conf, and then create your own portage tree under
/usr/local/portage [1].
You really should not mess with overlays unless you really know what
you are doing. However, you generally start by either:
1. Copying an existing category/package directory from the official
tree, and hacking on it your overlay. This is useful if you want to
do a version bump or apply a patch that is not in the offical tree.
2. Creating your own category/package directory, and adding your own
ebuilds and/or patches.
Once you have created your ebuild, "ebuild <path_to_ebuild> digest"
will generate the MANIFEST and other necessary files.
However, dev-lang/ifc already exists. If you want the latest 9.0.031
version, you'll have to accept the ~arch keyword, but this is
certainly a lot easier than trying to maintain your own overlay.
-Richard
[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=5
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