On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, Skippy wrote: > Greetings; > > I'm needing to add an ebuild, but there is something I'm not doing > right it seems. > > I have xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2.ebuild. The file that is. > > I place it in /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/
you should place it in /usr/local/portage/x11-base/xorg-server > > I run "ebuild xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2.ebuild digest" I can see that > the file Manifest is altered. > > also tried "ebuild xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2.ebuild manifest" as man > page says those are equivilant. > > Then eix-update. > > Then "eix xorg-server" - the version I am trying to add does not appear > in the output. because it got deleted? > > What am I missing here? Other than my sanity. :) see above. You are doing it wrong. Everything in /usr/portage is nuked with the next sync if it isn't on the rsync-server. You have to put your own stuff into /usr/local/portage.
