Re: [gentoo-user] First Portage Hick-up, Chokes on Java

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Freitag 03 Oktober 2008, boslists@gmail.com wrote:
> My first install of Gentoo, and I'm pleased by how far I've progressed on
> my own, not being a programmer or computer person, but I'm a bit wary of
> proceeding further without advice.
>
> I was trying to emerge some several files which had a dependency on
> java-sdk-docs.  Below is the message from emerge.  More information will
> follow.
>
> !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 has fetch restriction turned on.
> !!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded
> !!! manually.  See the comments in the ebuild for more information.
>
>   * Please download jdk-6-doc.zip from
>   *
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en
>_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jdk-6-doc-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Devel
>oper * (select English and agree to the licence) and place it in
> /usr/portage/distfiles named as
>   * jdk-6-doc-r1.zip. Notice the r1. Because Sun changes the doc zip file
>   * without changing the filename, we have to resort to renaming to keep
>   * the md5sum verification working for existing and new downloads.
>   *
>   * If emerge fails because of a md5sum error it is possible that Sun
>   * has again changed the upstream release, try downloading the file
>   * again or a newer revision if available. Otherwise report this to
>   * http://bugs.gentoo.org/67266 and we will make a new revision.
>   * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1'
>
>   * Messages for package dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1:
>
>   * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1
>
> So, I downloaded the file, renamed it and put it where it told me to.

really? and did you rename it?

> Then I found http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds and
> I am trying to follow that.

why?

>
> I added PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/distfiles" to
> /etc/make.conf  The first because the wki said to, and the second because
> that's where emerge's message told me to put the file I downloaded from
> Sun.

again, why? all you need to do is downloading the file and put it into 
/usr/portage/distfiles. And don't add that to make.conf as an overlay 
directory. it is just wrong.

> OK, so I created it.  Now, that is where emerge told me to put the file,
> but the fact that gentoo did not even create that directory gives me
> pause.

why should emerge create a directory that it doesn't even need?

>
> Bottom line:  I am being told I need this dependency, and I am not sure
> how to proceed in creating my own Ebuild to install it.

you don't need to create the ebuild. It is a dependency/file needed. The 
ebuild is already there.

>
> Am I even in the right ballpark here?

I am afraid: no