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From: Norberto Bensa <nbensa@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/local/portage does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure.
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:06:42
Message-Id: 200511061501.27979.nbensa@gmx.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/local/portage does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure. by Holly Bostick
1 Holly Bostick wrote:
2 > Norberto Bensa schreef:
3 > > nbensa@zeddmore /usr/local/portage/kde-misc/kbfx $ sudo ebuild
4 > > /usr/local/portage/kde-misc/kbfx/kbfx-0.4.8beta.ebuild digest
5 > > Password: Appending /usr/local/portage to PORTDIR_OVERLAY... !!!
6 > > /usr/local/portage does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure.
7 >
8 > very clearly says that the overlay must have a structure identical to
9 > PORTDIR; your portdir *is* /usr/portage, is it not?
10
11 Yup.
12
13
14 > you're using sudo. I find many anomolies in sudo;
15
16 Why does people hate sudo so much?
17
18 $ su -
19 password:
20 # ebuild /usr/local/portage/kde-misc/kbfx/kbfx-0.4.8beta.ebuild digest
21 Appending /usr/local/portage to PORTDIR_OVERLAY...
22 !!! /usr/local/portage does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure.
23
24 :(
25
26
27 > there's a problem with your ebuild, which also uses the
28 > PORTDIR variable.
29
30 I've found the problem. Portage doesn't like packge-0.0.1beta. Instead you
31 must name it like package-0.0.1_beta. Now I need to do some magic inside the
32 ebuild to s/_//
33
34 >
35 > HTH,
36 > Holly
37
38 Many thanks!
39
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41 Norberto Bensa
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