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On 7/29/06, Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello all, |
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> I am trying to install Fortran for a school project |
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> my wife is working on. |
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> Are there any installation instructions better |
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> than the following ones?: |
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> 1) http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117452 |
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> - my question with this link is, where is this overlay |
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> directory that is mentioned? |
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This is talking about creating a local portage overlay for your own |
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ebuilds. You can set PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage in |
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/etc/make.conf, and then create your own portage tree under |
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/usr/local/portage [1]. |
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You really should not mess with overlays unless you really know what |
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you are doing. However, you generally start by either: |
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1. Copying an existing category/package directory from the official |
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tree, and hacking on it your overlay. This is useful if you want to |
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do a version bump or apply a patch that is not in the offical tree. |
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2. Creating your own category/package directory, and adding your own |
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ebuilds and/or patches. |
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Once you have created your ebuild, "ebuild <path_to_ebuild> digest" |
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will generate the MANIFEST and other necessary files. |
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However, dev-lang/ifc already exists. If you want the latest 9.0.031 |
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version, you'll have to accept the ~arch keyword, but this is |
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certainly a lot easier than trying to maintain your own overlay. |
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-Richard |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=5 |
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