Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] distfiles in overlays?

[Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>]

On Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:51:53 -0600
Alex Brandt <alunduil@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday, November 03, 2015 12:29:01 Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > Sometimes I have to move files from my layman overlays distfiles to
> > /usr/portage/distfiles in orders to rebuild older stuff not in
> > gentoo anymore.  
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to fix the ebuilds in the overlay to point at a
> current URL for the tarball?
> 
> > Should not emerge search in distfiles where the ebuild resides?  
> 
> No, the ebuild should specify where to get the tarball.
> 
> Not sure these comments are what you're looking for but it sounds
> like you just need to fix the ebuilds in your overlay to point at the
> distfiles in your overlay as a SRC_URI.
> 
> Just my 2¢, disregard if too assumptive.
> 
> Regards,
> 

It is entirely possible for an ebuild to install a pkg from sources
only from the pkg's files directory.  Provided the sources are within
the size limits for the files directory.  Although an overlay may be
allowed to go past that for a non-gentoo tree pkg & ebuild.

-- 
Brian Dolbec <dolsen>