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From: "Jc García" <jyo.garcia@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] This is what I get for trying...
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:11:40
Message-Id: CAGQH77dSMK-XCV8be7uyLuo+XRNm6=eSpnBptQWRmvRCDvC=aA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] This is what I get for trying... by Alan Grimes
1 2015-11-19 9:17 GMT-06:00 Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@×××××××.net>:
2 > Naturally, the instructions on the gentoo wiki FAIL....
3 >
4 >
5 >
6 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Basic_guide_to_write_Gentoo_Ebuilds
7 > ############################
8 >
9 > atg@tortoise ~/archive $ ebuild seamonkey-2.35.ebuild clean merge
10 > Appending /home to PORTDIR_OVERLAY...
11 > !!! Repository 'x-home' is missing masters attribute in
12 > '/home/metadata/layout.conf'
13 > !!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
14 > ebuild: /home/atg/archive/seamonkey-2.35.ebuild: does not seem to have a
15 > valid PORTDIR structure
16 > atg@tortoise ~/archive $
17 > #################################
18 >
19
20 Why are you reading random documentation on the wiki? if you want to
21 learn about overlays and writing ebuilds read the developer
22 documentation.
23 And you don't seem to be folowing it properly either, besides what was
24 pointed out already, you are trying to run the ebuild comand as your
25 user, and you don't seem to have made an overlay(You shouldn't be
26 using hour $HOME as your overlay), also it should be run as the
27 portage user or root, a lot of documentation you will find about this
28 stuff won't guide step by step because it is assumed you understand
29 about overlays already, and have looked at the developer
30 documentation.