[gentoo-dev] REXML portage package

[Sean Russell]

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Hi,

I'm the author of REXML.  I'm also an extremely new Gentoo user. (uptime =>
3:54pm  up 1 day, 22:01,  3 users).

Apparently, I rsynced a couple of days too late, because I just submitted a 
Portage package for REXML (bug #4072), at about the same time the Aaron's 
version was unmasked.

I'm not sure how you want to handle this.  Specifically, Aaron, if you're 
going to continue maintaining the portage script, you'll be interested to 
know that I've added support to the install script specifically for Portage.  
I've added two new arguments:

	-d (--destdir)
	-n (--noop)

They do what you'd expect:  'ruby bin/install.rb -d ${D}' will cause REXML to 
install itself relative to ${D}; EG: 

	ruby bin/install.rb -d /tmp => /tmp/usr/lib/ruby/site-ruby/1.6/rexml/...

- --noop may or may not be useful; I added it to help debug with adding the -d 
(and a -t) flags.  Basically, it is orthoganal to "emerge --pretend" -- it 
tells you what it would do, but doesn't do it.  In any case, the --destdir 
option should obviate the need for the patch.

Another difference between Aaron's package and mine is that I went ahead and 
installed the documentation via dohtml.  I need to add some dodocs for the 
README and the licenses.  In any case, feel free to merge my ebuilds with 
your's Aaron.

I'm sorry for the duplicate work.  Just let me know if you want me to maintain 
the ebuild; otherwise, let me know if there's anything I can do to tweak the 
REXML install to help you out.

Thanks.

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