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From: Matt Joyce <mjoyce@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Frustration with attempt to fix out of date java ebuild [SOLVED]
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:09:33
Message-Id: 513B7AB8.3070200@mttjocy.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Frustration with attempt to fix out of date java ebuild [SOLVED] by Paul Hartman
1 On 08/03/13 17:42, Paul Hartman wrote:
2 > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Matt Joyce <mjoyce@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3 >> Ok, I really just do not get what on earth it thinks I'm doing wrong
4 >> here, trying to install java firstly the ebuild in portage it appears is
5 >> too old, it wants me to fetch a copy of 7u15 from a page that now only
6 >> has 7u17 on it so fail there no problem just update it surely can't be
7 >> that hard err right so created an up to date copy of the ebuild in my
8 >> overlay directory except it wont create the manifest repeatedly tells me
9 >> to put the file jre-7u17-linux-x64.tar.gz in /usr/portage/distfiles,
10 >> great ok so...
11 >
12 > Like Alan said you should "emerge --sync" and portage has an u17 ebuild.
13 >
14 > Otherwise Oracle lets you download old versions from:
15 > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/archive-139210.html
16 >
17 Thanks, odd it's supposed to be doing emerge-webrsync on a daily cronjob
18 (Using that one because I have webrsync-gpg turned on) I should check
19 the log see if something is stopping that happening. Thanks for
20 pointing it out to me.

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