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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild for xbatt
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On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 06:31:23PM -0500, Damon M. Conway wrote:
> Here is an ebuild for xbatt.  It's a laptop battery status display for X.
> I tested it on my system.  This is my first ebuild, so any comments are
> appreciated.

> src_install () {
> 
>     try make install
> 
> }

This is incorrect.  You need to get all files installed into ${D}, the Portage
temporary directory, rather than install to the root filesystem directly.  Look
at any of our other ebuilds in the Portage tree for examples of how to do this;
basically, you study the Makefile and see if you can override DESTDIR or prefix
to redirect the install somewhere else.

Best Regards,

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