From: bmr@zenmonkey.org (Brian M. Rzycki)
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] ebuild optional dependancy question
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:20:03 -0600 (CST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020311152003.A1A4E33E7A@bmr.zenmonkey.org> (raw)
Hello everyone!
I'm a recent convert to gentoo from debian (at least on my workstation)
and I love it!
Gentoo doesn't have two of my favorite programs available as .ebuilds.
No big deal, I decided to roll up my sleeves and get cracking on
creating them for everyone. And herein lies the problem.
The first program (zile -- zile.sourceforge.net) was a breeze using the
skel.ebuild. I plan on uploading it to bugs as soon as I get my second
ebuild correct.
The second program (yafc -- yafc.sourceforge.net) is not as
straightforward as zile. For the uninitiated, yafc is an interactive
ftp client similar to lftp with support for socks4/5, kerberos4/5, and
sftp. Yafc's configure script automatically enables/disables ssh and
readline if it finds the libraries. The same is not true for socks and
kerberos. I merged kth-krb (kerberos4) and saw it installed everything in
/usr/athena. When I manually gave configure the parameter
--with-krb4=/usr/athena it compiled with kerberos4 support. I had similar
results with dante (socks4/5).
After discovering I had to manually apply parameters to the configure
script in order for socks/kerberos support I went looking for use
variables. I planned on using the "if [ -z "use_var" ]" trick from the
gentoo-howto. Unfortunately I didn't see either socks or krb4/5 use
variables.
So my question is this: What is the correct gentoo way of discovering
these packages? Should I consult /var/db/pkg/app_group/app_name* to see
if the program is installed? Should I check the physical location for
the libraries (a la -d /usr/athena)? Or am I just a numbskull and
missing some obvious feature of portage which makes my life much easier?
Any help is appreciated -- I'd love to maintain a couple of ebuilds for
everyone. It sure seems easier being a maintainer for gentoo than for
debian ;).
--
Brian M. Rzycki
"Alright, WHO let the polack near the computer?!?"
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2002-03-11 15:20 Brian M. Rzycki [this message]
2002-03-11 15:24 ` [gentoo-dev] ebuild optional dependancy question Bob Phan
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