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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild hacking howto
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:07:12
Message-Id: 4D67CC55.6020203@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Ebuild hacking howto by James
1 On 02/25/2011 08:13 AM, James wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > Is the link below the best "howto" guide as to using
5 > an existing ebuild to hack a new ebuild? JFFNMS has
6 > been languishing despite repeated requests for a version
7 > bump; so I'm taking the plunge and going to update it
8 > on one of my systems.....
9 >
10 > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Creating_an_Updated_Ebuild
11 >
12 >
13 > Also, I found this guide:
14 >
15 > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/
16 > and
17 > man 5 ebuild
18 >
19 >
20 > Any other documents I should reference before
21 > attempinging to update an ebuild on my own
22 > person overlay dir?
23 >
24 > Comments and ideas are most welcome....
25 >
26
27 This has some good information:
28
29 http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/sunrise/wiki/CodingStandards
30
31 and like it says at the bottom, many projects will have their own
32 development documentation.
33
34 Aside from that, help is always (well, when the devs are awake)
35 available on IRC:
36
37 #gentoo-dev-help (what it says)
38 #gentoo-sunrise (most people here are writing/reviewing ebuilds)