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On Sunday 12 July 2009 14:59:33 Mick wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> I am not at all competent at modifying ebuilds. I am trying to emerge an |
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> ebuild locally for testing and I have two problems straight off the mark. |
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> a)How should I specify the URI for the source file if it is already copied |
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> into my /usr/portage/distfiles? |
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Just list it as usual. portage will see that it is already there and not re- |
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download it. |
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> b)Trying to create a manifest gives me errors: |
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> # ebuild rtmpdump-1.2.ebuild manifest |
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> /usr/local/portage/media-libs/rtmpdump/rtmpdump-1.2.ebuild: line 34: |
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> unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' |
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You have an odd number of double quotes in that ebuild. Or, you are using |
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quotes literally and did not quote your quotes. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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