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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to add an ebuild
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:45:47
Message-Id: 201002141545.28746.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] how to add an ebuild by Skippy
1 On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, Skippy wrote:
2 > Greetings;
3 >
4 > I'm needing to add an ebuild, but there is something I'm not doing
5 > right it seems.
6 >
7 > I have xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2.ebuild. The file that is.
8 >
9 > I place it in /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/
10
11 you should place it in /usr/local/portage/x11-base/xorg-server
12
13 >
14 > I run "ebuild xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2.ebuild digest" I can see that
15 > the file Manifest is altered.
16
17
18 >
19 > also tried "ebuild xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2.ebuild manifest" as man
20 > page says those are equivilant.
21 >
22 > Then eix-update.
23 >
24 > Then "eix xorg-server" - the version I am trying to add does not appear
25 > in the output.
26
27 because it got deleted?
28
29 >
30 > What am I missing here? Other than my sanity. :)
31
32 see above. You are doing it wrong. Everything in /usr/portage is nuked with
33 the next sync if it isn't on the rsync-server. You have to put your own stuff
34 into /usr/local/portage.