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On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, b.n. wrote: |
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> boslists@×××××.com ha scritto: |
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>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, �Q� wrote: |
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>> <snip> |
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>> > You didn't need this. It's for third-party e-builds, but you aren't |
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>> > using a third party e-build. The zip file came from Sun, but the |
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>> > ebuild is in the Gentoo portage tree. |
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>> > Ebuilds are just scripts which portage uses to build the packages. In |
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>> > this case, the ebuild isn't allowed to download the files it needs |
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>> > automagically, but it's still a Gentoo ebuild, not a third-party one. |
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>> > I've snipped the rest of what you wrote about overlays, &c., but it |
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>> > didn't look like anything was wrong, just unnecessary for what you want |
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>> > to do. For more info about overlays, see |
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>> > <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml>. |
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>> Thanks for the additional info. Good to know! |
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> I think this little misunderstanding could be solved, in the future, by |
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> clarifying it (perhaps in a footnote) in the gentoo docs. To me the |
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> instructions for java etc. have always been clear, but it doesn't mean it is |
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> always the case. |
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Well, my thinking was Sun does not equal Gentoo therefore Sun is a 3rd |
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party. Being less than a week on the Gentoo scene, and having no |
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experience as a developer, coder, administrator or any other computer |
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profession, I am still in the foothills of the learning curve regarding |
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Gentoo specific jargon like Ebuilds. |
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I appreciate the patience. |
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