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From: Robin Atwood <robin.atwood@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:10:10
Message-Id: 201008241909.25291.robin.atwood@attglobal.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source? by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote:
3 > > On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
4 > > > Hi,
5 > > >
6 > > > I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to
7 > >
8 > > a
9 > >
10 > > > local distribution file.
11 > > >
12 > > > I've tried
13 > > >
14 > > > SRC_URI="file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2"
15 > > >
16 > > > but "file://" doesn't seem to be supported.
17 > > >
18 > > > Is there any alternative?
19 > > >
20 > > > Thanks for a hint,
21 > > > Helmut.
22 > > >
23 > > > (I'm using portage-2.2._rc68)
24 > >
25 > > "ln -s /usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 /usr/portage/distfiles" maybe?
26 >
27 > Thanks, but isn't that erased when I resync next time?
28
29 No. Syncing doesn't touch the distfiles. I use this technique all the time.
30
31 -Robin
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34 Robin Atwood.
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36 "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
37 Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
38 from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
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Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source? Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>