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From: "Arttu V." <arttuv69@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:28:22
Message-Id: 4C742BFE.8070609@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source? by Helmut Jarausch
1 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > On 08/24/10 19:17:05, Arttu V. wrote:
3 >> On 8/24/10, Helmut Jarausch<jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
4 >>> On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote:
5 >>>> On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
6 >>>>> Hi,
7 >>>>>
8 >>>>> I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers
9 >> to
10 >>>> a
11 >>>>> local distribution file.
12 >>>>>
13 >>>>> I've tried
14 >>>>>
15 >>>>> SRC_URI="file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2"
16 >>>>>
17 >>>>> but "file://" doesn't seem to be supported.
18 >>>>>
19 >>>>> Is there any alternative?
20 >>>>>
21 >>>>> Thanks for a hint,
22 >>>>> Helmut.
23 >>>>>
24 >>>>> (I'm using portage-2.2._rc68)
25 >>>>
26 >>>> "ln -s /usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 /usr/portage/distfiles"
27 >> maybe?
28 >>>>
29 >>>> HTH
30 >>>> -Robin
31 >>>
32 >>> Hi, but what do I specify for SRC_URI
33 >>>
34 >>> I've tried
35 >>> SRC="MyPack-1.0.7.tar.gz"
36 >>> SLOT="0"
37 >>> KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc
38 >> x86"
39 >>> IUSE=""
40 >>> S="$WORKDIR/${P}"
41 >>> src_unpack() {
42 >>> unpack "${A}"
43 >>> }
44 >>>
45 >>> But it fails saying "nothing specified for unpack"
46 >>> And, indeed,
47 >>> doing
48 >>> ebuild --debug<PATH_to_EBUILD> unpack
49 >>> shows that ${A} is the empty string.
50 >>>
51 >>> What am I missing?
52 >>>
53 >>> Thanks a lot, it drives me nuts,
54 >>> Helmut.
55 >>
56 >> Place a RESTRICT="fetch" in the ebuild, and copy the tarball manually
57 >> to distfiles dir.
58 >
59 > Unfortunately, now I get MyPack-1.0.7.tar.gz does not exist (though it
60 > is in /usr/portage/distfiles)
61
62 AFAIK there is no variable SRC that ebuild/portage would know of, but
63 there is SRC_URI. Change to that and try to check for other similar, but
64 hard to notice problems in the ebuild.
65
66 --
67 Arttu V. -- Running Gentoo is like running with scissors