[gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Parag Mehta]

Hi,

a major changed noticed and found.

while testing a few ebuilds today i found that instead of using /tmp/portage it is now using /var/tmp/portage  is this a permanemanent change part of portage 1.5.4 or it is a bug that needs fixing ?

Best Regards,

pm
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Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Daniel Robbins]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:13:22AM -0600, Parag Mehta wrote:

> while testing a few ebuilds today i found that instead of using /tmp/portage
> it is now using /var/tmp/portage  is this a permanemanent change part of
> portage 1.5.4 or it is a bug that needs fixing ?

This is a real, intentional change.  /var/tmp is the correct location for stuff
like this according to FHS.

Best Regards,

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Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Jerry A!]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 10:50:57AM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote:
: On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:13:22AM -0600, Parag Mehta wrote:
:
: > while testing a few ebuilds today i found that instead of using /tmp/portage
: > it is now using /var/tmp/portage  is this a permanemanent change part of
: > portage 1.5.4 or it is a bug that needs fixing ?
:
: This is a real, intentional change.  /var/tmp is the correct location for stuff
: like this according to FHS.

Will there be a way to override this behavior?

        --Jerry

name:  Jerry Alexandratos         ||  Open-Source software isn't a
phone: 703.599.6023               ||  matter of life or death...
email: jerry@thehutt.org          ||  ...It's much more important
                                  ||  than that!

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Daniel Robbins]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 01:05:53PM -0400, Jerry A! wrote:

> Will there be a way to override this behavior?

There already is.  Just add:

PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp"

...to /etc/make.conf.  Portage will adjust accordingly.

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Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

[gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Parag Mehta]

Hi,

what are the reasons for this error to come :

ebuild fping-2.4b1.ebuild digest
!!! Name error in 2.4b1
!!! Error: PF is null; exiting.


the ebuild is as follows :

P=fping-2.4b1.tar.gz
S=${WORKDIR}/fping-2.4b1
DESCRIPTION="A utility to ping multiple hosts at once"
SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/admin/mon/${P}.tar.gz"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.stanford.edu/~schemers/docs/fping/fping.html"

src_unpack() {
  unpack ${A}
    cp ${FILESDIR}/fping.c ${S}
    }
    
    src_compile() {
    
        cd ${S}
            try ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=${CHOST}
                try make
                
                }
                
                src_install () {
                
                    cd ${S}
                        dobin fping
                            doman fping.8
                                dodoc COPYING ChangeLog README
                                
                                }
                                
                                
regards,
                                
pm

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Dan Armak]

On Wednesday 11 July 2001 14:07, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what are the reasons for this error to come :
>
> ebuild fping-2.4b1.ebuild digest
> !!! Name error in 2.4b1
> !!! Error: PF is null; exiting.
>
>
> the ebuild is as follows :
>
> P=fping-2.4b1.tar.gz
> S=${WORKDIR}/fping-2.4b1
> DESCRIPTION="A utility to ping multiple hosts at once"
> SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/admin/mon/${P}.tar.gz"
> HOMEPAGE="http://www.stanford.edu/~schemers/docs/fping/fping.html"
>
> src_unpack() {
>   unpack ${A}
>     cp ${FILESDIR}/fping.c ${S}
>     }
>
>     src_compile() {
>
>         cd ${S}
>             try ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=${CHOST}
>                 try make
>
>                 }
>
>                 src_install () {
>
>                     cd ${S}
>                         dobin fping
>                             doman fping.8
>                                 dodoc COPYING ChangeLog README
>
>                                 }
>
>
> regards,
>
> pm
>
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There are rules for naming ebuilds. Specifically, 2.4b1 isn't acceptable. Use 
1.4_beta1 instead and it'll work. The reasons and rules for this are in one 
of the tutorials somewhere :-)

HTH
Dan

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 05:07:50AM -0600, Parag Mehta wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> what are the reasons for this error to come :
> 
> ebuild fping-2.4b1.ebuild digest
> !!! Name error in 2.4b1
> !!! Error: PF is null; exiting.
> 
> 
> the ebuild is as follows :
> 
> P=fping-2.4b1.tar.gz

There should be no .tar.gz in the P definition.

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Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild error

[Achim Gottinger]

Parag Mehta wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> what are the reasons for this error to come :
> 
> ebuild fping-2.4b1.ebuild digest

rename that to fping-2.4_beta1.ebuild

> !!! Name error in 2.4b1
> !!! Error: PF is null; exiting.
> 
> the ebuild is as follows :
> 
> P=fping-2.4b1.tar.gz

P=fping-2.4b1
S=${WORKDIR}/${P}
> DESCRIPTION="A utility to ping multiple hosts at once"
SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/admin/mon/${P}.tar.gz"
> HOMEPAGE="http://www.stanford.edu/~schemers/docs/fping/fping.html"
> 
> 
>     src_compile() {
> 
#         cd ${S}
>            try ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=${CHOST}
>                 try make
> 
>                 }
> 
>                 src_install () {
> 
                      dobin fping
                      doman fping.8
                      dodoc COPYING ChangeLog README
> 
                  }
> 
> 
> regards,
achim~

> 
> pm
> 
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