Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild with local source?

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

Apparently, though unproven, at 14:01 on Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut 
Jarausch did opine thusly:

> On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to
> > 
> > a
> > 
> > > local distribution file.
> > > 
> > > I've tried
> > > 
> > > SRC_URI="file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2"
> > > 
> > > but "file://" doesn't seem to be supported.
> > > 
> > > Is there any alternative?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for a hint,
> > > Helmut.
> > > 
> > > (I'm using portage-2.2._rc68)
> > 
> > "ln -s /usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 /usr/portage/distfiles" maybe?
> 
> Thanks, but isn't that erased when I resync next time?
> 
> Helmut.


No.

emerge --sync does not nuke your distfiles.
If it does you would know all about it by now.


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