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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild questions
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:03:31
Message-Id: auto-000054402070@remt26.cluster1.charter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild questions by Brian Jackson
1 Yes, thanks. I found it today. I thought I tried that list night but I bet
2 I did man 1 ebuild!
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5 > # man 5 ebuild
6 > is pretty up to date
7 > other than that, I would just look through others that do something similar
8 > and see how they do things
9 >
10 > --Brian
11 >
12 > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 08:49 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
13 > > If this is the wrong list for this question please tell me where to move
14 > > it but it doesn't seem to fit gentoo-user or any of the others.
15 > >
16 > > I want to do an ebuild for some programs but have never done one. I've
17 > > read the Gentoo docs on ebuilds and eclasses and the man pages for
18 > > ebuild. However, in looking at some ebuilds - noticably flight gear and
19 > > wine-cvs I see variables such a $PV defined. The docs mention $P but not
20 > > $PV or other variables. I've browsed some of the eclasses trying to find
21 > > the definitions and haven't been successful. Where are these explained.
22 > > Are there any more docs I can read?
23 > >
24 > > Thanks.
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28 Brett I. Holcomb
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