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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@charter.net>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild questions
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:08:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <auto-000054402070@remt26.cluster1.charter.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200306102247.39683.brian@mdrx.com>

Yes, thanks.  I found it today.  I thought I tried that list night but I bet 
I did man 1 ebuild!  


> # 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.

-- 

Brett I. Holcomb
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  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-11 23:03 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
2003-06-11 23:08   ` Brett I. Holcomb [this message]
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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