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From: Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] manually executing an ebuild file (emerge fails)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:31:47
Message-Id: 200710171115.28144.alan@linuxholdings.co.za
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] manually executing an ebuild file (emerge fails) by Thufir
1 On Wednesday 17 October 2007, Thufir wrote:
2 > I would like to "manually" execute an ebuild file from a website to
3 > install a package because it can't be emerged normally.
4 >
5 > The downloads section of <http://www.mondorescue.org/> leads to
6 > <http:// mondorescue.muskokamug.org/gentoo/1.6/mondo-2.2.4.ebuild>
7 > which interests me because of how mondo fails to emerge:
8 >
9 >
10 > * Sorry, but mondo only works with linux-2.4.
11 > * http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72467
12
13 You did see this juicy little tidbit of information right?
14 You did read the referenced bug report where it is likely your question
15 is answered, right?
16
17 > !!! ERROR: sys-apps/mondo-0.9a failed.
18 > Call stack:
19 > ebuild.sh, line 1637: Called dyn_setup
20 > ebuild.sh, line 704: Called qa_call 'pkg_setup'
21 > ebuild.sh, line 44: Called pkg_setup
22 > mondo-0.9a.ebuild, line 20: Called die
23 >
24 > !!! kernel not supported
25 > !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call
26 > stack if relevant.
27 > !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/
28 > mondo-0.9a/temp/build.log'.
29 >
30 > arrakis ~ #
31 > arrakis ~ # uname -r
32 > 2.6.19-gentoo-r5
33
34 See above
35
36 > arrakis ~ #
37 > arrakis ~ # date
38 > Wed Oct 17 01:39:19 PDT 2007
39 > arrakis ~ #
40 > arrakis ~ #
41 >
42 >
43 >
44 > How do I run the ebuild, please?
45
46 Apparently, you don't, can't and shouldn't.
47
48 alan
49
50 --
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52 Pessimists say the glass is half empty,
53 Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be?
54
55 Alan McKinnon
56 alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za
57 +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five
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