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 B50BA1384B4 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:01:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 106C8E07C5; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:01:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f44.google.com (mail-wm0-f44.google.com [74.125.82.44]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D7E4BE07A3 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:01:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wmec201 with SMTP id c201so124204146wme.1 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:01:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=AwYwm+j6N/bMAKWO1pz6c9VMkCZlgvUtEnZAZZeEHvM=; b=f5gp7GL4E+p6+MXrpO6+TH2+gu2bgGcC31MGsg61k0jDipimZObQBGkHBfmMfWFtFd jpfUiUKSB2dWcAcpgF0/rtyyF8juHGagkGEDmB0It+tW2FhXrEU5cqWV3kUAzOVr1JM4 ZEGb2fxymuc+Hta3dUd+Q+1OMf98ebG44cxcEWhffbSmbbIHpOkW+DKtnxIxIDP2oepF qKWSiA/i/XCMkI02ouMbmziVKmBBeTpVRlHLG7UBrzdYxIrDLCVyE2fJ9DQgUJfwrXMD Ad/9hHu2oI+BT9y7/jqKa5rVlA40JhH4RPXLHn27m5GnvzqJSY1oydBXRHLxhvxgCNiZ XRKg== X-Received: by 10.194.185.173 with SMTP id fd13mr9171027wjc.54.1447948879628; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:01:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from fedora-tp.localdomain (ip-176-199-175-192.hsi06.unitymediagroup.de. [176.199.175.192]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id da10sm8508162wjb.22.2015.11.19.08.01.18 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:01:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:01:12 +0100 From: Jeremi Piotrowski To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] This is what I get for trying... Message-ID: <20151119160112.GA17926@fedora-tp.localdomain> References: <564DE7EF.3050001@verizon.net> 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=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <564DE7EF.3050001@verizon.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: c12485ce-0b09-481d-adfe-6e121352f92b X-Archives-Hash: fa8d7a8762cc4a0815ccf62815d634a4 On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:17:03AM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote: > Naturally, the instructions on the gentoo wiki FAIL.... > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Basic_guide_to_write_Gentoo_Ebuilds > ############################ > > atg@tortoise ~/archive $ ebuild seamonkey-2.35.ebuild clean merge > Appending /home to PORTDIR_OVERLAY... > !!! Repository 'x-home' is missing masters attribute in > '/home/metadata/layout.conf' > !!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility This part tells you all that you need to know: > ebuild: /home/atg/archive/seamonkey-2.35.ebuild: does not seem to have a > valid PORTDIR structure I quote from the link that you posted: > Now, you can't just create a file /usr/portage/hello-world.ebuild and be > done with it; there are several reasons: > ... > 2. The ebuild file is not in the right directory: An ebuild has to be > located in the "package name" subdirectory of "category" directory; > so, for an ebuild to work you have to place it in a directory like > /usr/local/portage/app-misc/hello-world/. So move your seamonkey-2.35.ebuild to a subdirectory ww-client/seamonkey/ and run ebuild again.