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From: Keith Gross <grossk@mail.tds.net>
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Subject: [gentoo-dev] Misc questions on ebuilds
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I'm trying to improve the ebuilds I've been writing by reviewing the exis=
ting=20
ebuilds but there seems they very widely.  Everything from simple somewha=
t=20
crude examples that looksomething like my efforts to other that are much=20
larger and elaborate.

I'm wondering if someone with more experience might have a couple of ebui=
lds=20
they're particularly proud of that perhaps would make examples?  I'd hate=
 to=20
perpetuate practices that are no longer the proper way of doing things.

I was also wondering if portage has a standard method of specifying a men=
u=20
item or complete menu that should be created when the package is installe=
d=20
that would work for multiple different desktop environments.