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Richard Fish <bigfish <at> asmallpond.org> writes: |
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> The entire tree is in /usr/portage. For example, all possible |
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> net-analyzer packages are /usr/portage/net-analyzer. "find |
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> /usr/portage -name '*.ebuild'" will show you all ebuilds in the tree, |
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> masked or not, installed or not. Compare this to what you actually |
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> have installed under /var/db/pkg. |
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This make things more clear. |
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> Also, the portage CVS tree can be viewed at: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?root=gentoo-x86 |
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OK |
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> > I only said this because 'emerge -s jffnms' has previously shown |
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> > the package (in red) as masked. Plus this page was created: |
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> > http://dev.gentoo.org/~angusyoung/docs/jffnms/docs/jffnms.html |
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> Ok, but view his blog here: |
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> http://dev.gentoo.org/~angusyoung/blog/ |
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> Notice the statement "...which I hope to add to portage in the near future". |
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Cool. |
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> It is entirely possible (but incorrect) to place ebuilds downloaded |
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> manually into the /usr/portage tree. It is also possible (and |
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> correct) to place those ebuilds into PORTAGE_OVERLAY. |
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Yes, I'm following these instructions: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_ |
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Ebuilds#ebuild:_A_Safer_Approach |
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> You (or someone else with root access to the system) must have done |
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> one or the other on the system that shows it as available. |
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Yes it was a long time ago, and I just do not remember. |
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Nobody else has root on the system..... |
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Thanks for the help, Everyone.... |
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James |
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