From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A220F1384B4 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 18:05:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA99EE089B; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 18:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49571E0870 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 18:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from professor-x (S010634bdfa9ecf80.vc.shawcable.net [96.49.31.57]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: dolsen) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8BB8934072E for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 18:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 10:04:49 -0800 From: Brian Dolbec To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] distfiles in overlays? Message-ID: <20151103100449.53eb077b.dolsen@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <3645965.V4cdbzGznp@elijah> References: <1446553740.21216.72.camel@transmode.se> <3645965.V4cdbzGznp@elijah> Organization: Gentoo Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 06c083a4-d215-493e-b1c1-19f29e34d92c X-Archives-Hash: 6a219b606602f5b18d6488dcfcb5de4f On Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:51:53 -0600 Alex Brandt 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. =20 >=20 > Wouldn't it be better to fix the ebuilds in the overlay to point at a > current URL for the tarball? >=20 > > Should not emerge search in distfiles where the ebuild resides? =20 >=20 > No, the ebuild should specify where to get the tarball. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Just my 2=C2=A2, disregard if too assumptive. >=20 > Regards, >=20 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. --=20 Brian Dolbec