Re: [gentoo-user] gradle as source? How safe are overlays?

2023-10-16 Thread n952162
That's what I was afraid of hearing ;-) On 10/16/23 22:54, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On Mon, 2023-10-16 at 21:29 +0200, n952162 wrote: Why might it only be in an overlay? Because it bundles 100+ other packages. That is inherently a security risk, although plenty of people use Windows and

Re: [gentoo-user] gradle as source? How safe are overlays?

2023-10-16 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On Mon, 2023-10-16 at 21:29 +0200, n952162 wrote: > Why might it only be in an overlay? Because it bundles 100+ other packages. That is inherently a security risk, although plenty of people use Windows and install all of their software that way and are perfectly happy on those days of the year

Re: [gentoo-user] gradle as source? How safe are overlays? [resend]

2023-10-16 Thread n952162
On 10/16/23 21:30, Viktar Patotski wrote: Usually all gradle projects contain gradle wrappers (gradlew.bat and gradlew.sh). If you have them, you just need Java and run: ./gradlew build Yes, that was the case with f-droid/sms-ie-master, totally easy. But not for f-droid/mupdf, unfortunately. 

Re: [gentoo-user] gradle as source? How safe are overlays?

2023-10-16 Thread Viktar Patotski
Usually all gradle projects contain gradle wrappers (gradlew.bat and gradlew.sh). If you have them, you just need Java and run: ./gradlew build Viktar On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 9:29 PM n952162 wrote: > In order to build an android app, I need gradle. Apparently, there's > only a binary version

[gentoo-user] gradle as source? How safe are overlays?

2023-10-16 Thread n952162
In order to build an android app, I need gradle.  Apparently, there's only a binary version in gentoo, dev-java/gradle-bin, but there's a source version in the mva overlay.  Why might it only be in an overlay? This link: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gradle#Availability links to: