[gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, There is a small app I wanted to try. I found an ebuild has been done recently and is in Bugailla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27390 I've downloaded the two files but don't know how to use them correctly. I'm guessing that I need to move it to somewhere under /usr/portage, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread Martin Klaffenboeck
Am 2003.09.02 16:23 schrieb(en) Mark Knecht: Hi, There is a small app I wanted to try. I found an ebuild has been done recently and is in Bugailla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27390 I've downloaded the two files but don't know how to use them correctly. I'm guessing that I need to

Re: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Tuesday 02 September 2003 23:23, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, There is a small app I wanted to try. I found an ebuild has been done recently and is in Bugailla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27390 I've downloaded the two files but don't know how to use them correctly. I'm guessing

RE: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, There is a small app I wanted to try. I found an ebuild has been done recently and is in Bugailla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27390 I've downloaded the two files but don't know how to use them correctly. I'm guessing that I need to move it to somewhere under

RE: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread Mark Knecht
, September 02, 2003 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild You sould keep it somewhere in your home directory. You can copy it somehwere in the portage tree, where you think it belongs to. Then do ebuild /path/to/file.ebuild digest emerge /path

Re: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread brett holcomb
It goes in /usr/portage/category/app where category and app are the name of the category it fits in and app is a directory named after the app. Check out /usr/portage for examples. Portage finds it automatically. You can also create a /usr/local/portage with the same structure as

Re: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread Martin Klaffenboeck
on the ebuild you have. New ebuilds take much longer than updates. Martin Cheers, MArk -Original Message- From: Martin Klaffenboeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild You sould keep

Re: [gentoo-user] Using an unreleased ebuild

2003-09-02 Thread Azhdeen
On Tuesday 02 September 2003 16:23, Mark Knecht wrote: How do I tell portage that this new file is there? Is there a database I have to update, or will the directory just be searched? hi straight from /etc/make.conf : # PORTDIR_OVERLAY is a directory where local ebuilds may be stored without