[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My first install of Gentoo, and I'm pleased by how far I've progressed > on my own, not being a programmer or computer person, but I'm a bit > wary of proceeding further without advice. > > I was trying to emerge some several files which had a dependency on > java-sdk-docs. Below is the message from emerge. More information > will follow. > > !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 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 jdk-6-doc.zip from > * > https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > * (select English and agree to the licence) and place it in > /usr/portage/distfiles named as > * jdk-6-doc-r1.zip. Notice the r1. Because Sun changes the doc zip file > * without changing the filename, we have to resort to renaming to keep > * the md5sum verification working for existing and new downloads. > * > * If emerge fails because of a md5sum error it is possible that Sun > * has again changed the upstream release, try downloading the file > * again or a newer revision if available. Otherwise report this to > * http://bugs.gentoo.org/67266 and we will make a new revision. > * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1' > > * Messages for package dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1: > > * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 > > So, I downloaded the file, renamed it and put it where it told me to. > Then I found http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds > and I am trying to follow that. > > I added PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/distfiles" to > /etc/make.conf The first because the wki said to, and the second > because that's where emerge's message told me to put the file I > downloaded from Sun. > > I then added FEATURES="collision-protect ccache parallel-fetch" to > /etc/male.conf for safety, even though I have no idea what it does. I > then checked out features with emerge --info | grep FEATURES. It > told me that /usr/local/portage did not exist. > > OK, so I created it. Now, that is where emerge told me to put the > file, but the fact that gentoo did not even create that directory > gives me pause. > > Bottom line: I am being told I need this dependency, and I am not > sure how to proceed in creating my own Ebuild to install it. > > Am I even in the right ballpark here? > > Thanks, > Bo Grimes > >
You got the file downloaded right? Put the file, with the new name, in /usr/portage/distfiles then emerge it. It will see the file was downloaded and placed there then emerge it like any other package. You shouldn't need a overlay for that. At least I don't here. Dale :-) :-)
