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From: Brian Jackson <brian@mdrx.com>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild questions
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:47:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200306102247.39683.brian@mdrx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <auto-000058096435@remt19.cluster1.charter.net>

# man 5 ebuild
is pretty up to date
other than that, I would just look through others that do something similar 
and see how they do things

--Brian

On Tuesday 10 June 2003 08:49 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> If this is the wrong list for this question please tell me where to move it
> but it doesn't seem to fit gentoo-user or any of the others.
>
> I want to do an ebuild for some programs but have never done one.  I've
> read the Gentoo docs on ebuilds and eclasses and the man pages for ebuild.
> However, in looking at some ebuilds - noticably flight gear and wine-cvs I
> see variables such a $PV defined.  The docs mention $P but not $PV or other
> variables.  I've browsed some of the eclasses trying to find the
> definitions and haven't been successful.  Where are these explained.  Are
> there any more docs I can read?
>
> Thanks.

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-11  3:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-11  1:49 [gentoo-dev] Ebuild questions Brett I. Holcomb
2003-06-11  3:47 ` Brian Jackson [this message]
2003-06-11 23:08   ` Brett I. Holcomb
2003-06-11  6:29 ` Kumba
2003-06-11  6:41 ` Patrick Kursawe
2003-06-11 16:54   ` brett holcomb
2003-06-11  9:05 ` Paul de Vrieze
     [not found] <39997.::ffff:129.240.115.161.1058002049.squirrel@webmail.interhost.no     >
2003-07-13  3:01 ` Brett I. Holcomb
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-07-12  1:58 Brett I. Holcomb
2002-03-27  6:58 [gentoo-dev] ebuild questions Hector Urtubia

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