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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@charter.net>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild questions
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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.

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Brett I. Holcomb
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