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From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Testing ebuilds
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 04:00:06
Message-Id: 20030825035958.GA21069@cerberus.oppresses.us
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Testing ebuilds by Doug Lawlor
1 On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 01:12:48AM -0230, Doug Lawlor wrote:
2 > Hello list, I am in the process of writing an ebuild for brltty, a
3 > program which allows a refreshable braille display to be used in the
4 > text console, and am getting the following error.
5 >
6 > drl brltty # ebuild brltty-3.3.ebuild fetch
7 > !!! aux_get(): ebuild for 'portage/brltty-3.3' does not exist at:
8 > !!! /usr/portage/portage/brltty/brltty-3.3.ebuild
9 > doebuild(): aux_get() error; aborting.
10 > drl brltty #
11 >
12 > I have my ebuild placed in /usr/local/portage/brltty/brltty-3.3.ebuild
13 > but portage seems to want to look in /usr/portage/portage for the
14 > ebuild. I have my 'PORTDIR_OVERLAY' set to /usr/local/portage for local
15 > ebuilds I am testing.
16 >
17
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