From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxQcK-0004Sk-Gi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:27:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 04196E046F; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:27:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1A88E046F for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so288593ugs.39 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:27:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=vuEgceJYW/6HlGoFS3xorhzfOueiUnw1eJMs1HxgjFg=; b=Vm707Q3/qYopz0jqmh2tOWjMAKnBx4h7oemMYALb8AY7HSTZ2TE5R6Pep2kSVVveTi RWfQmCNQH0JejOCaKRjEBPXirrCcMvazlWg30gfrGs35Tmi8J1Ki6NxzrVSDn7w0ZSX+ P8Cn6uqJNf2IPD40MDRBs5Bkxfak9yYYVRzTQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=vyIIW2CfL4383wktq+K2djylO2cQsOhYni1XXxLKhYpcHLB8P9gLJ77SV2L2iHauFP vIzjHqaDR1DPnngm7tTXEF7dsvMwKl02ughvJAsFW8gCVRXqLmK+L6dgbFZGFbMtUwVk ELwJiVuObBy7MYJHSkBTLkE5lgWxA5HRWWfFM= Received: by 10.66.216.7 with SMTP id o7mr3038075ugg.1.1225823221836; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:27:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.5? (dsl-243-211-235.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.211.235]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k2sm1199195ugf.21.2008.11.04.10.26.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:27:00 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] First Portage Hick-up, Chokes on Java Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:26:54 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200811041723.58876.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <38af3d670811040956s620784a8w17bbcc212b14651c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <38af3d670811040956s620784a8w17bbcc212b14651c@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811042026.54971.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 79b6f2cf-7f40-4330-95f5-6bbc04ac428d X-Archives-Hash: 08bf0723fdcc5b6401a1a0aa4661554e On Tuesday 04 November 2008 19:56:41 Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > By the way, certain parts of Portage are very scarcely document, are > they not? For examples, the FEATURES only have quick explanations in > make.conf.example, as far as I know (and I did search for more > complete explanations). Have you read all the important man pages, in their full excruciating detail? /usr/share/man/man1/ebuild.1.bz2 /usr/share/man/man1/emerge.1.bz2 /usr/share/man/man5/ebuild.5.bz2 /usr/share/man/man5/make.conf.5.bz2 /usr/share/man/man5/portage.5.bz2 -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com