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 1KxQvn-00060G-7Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:47:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 23A5CE048F; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:47:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f17.google.com (mail-gx0-f17.google.com [209.85.217.17]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2B2CE048F for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:47:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk10 with SMTP id 10so1548009gxk.10 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:47:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=S68Ckg7gmw/DLW2olGyqcTSi5+19lfuSqQTpQtBd1Ko=; b=hKOy4mSQBv9/jOndYKfXm8lDAIF4u6vHLJNhppayxcS7IwEknnbNtu+jEW2ACZo89n YT1+ttWClnn2Q7a3D/fKCaaqKULLuS2+V1hB0gOVzDtTNp/3w9+4nYc0KiXE4O3NzsP8 useCIpDlaBBArz0hjhbQ6VOiOxHtmWMQGKBUM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=dAWjopGHmWwh2JeBkaKoB7c91cKSPFSWIvJOh9JqNPBM97Gkvh0dH/TrbJvoXYZyKB vtlO9jXW8aIFDqMDA+eMT5fXx/kktiHakKuhU1UXwIdoaQUxdG6qOtLboLA7ScR63knZ Dj4N1u4pkcVi8wEOpiyib2MbADejvDIZHPRk8= Received: by 10.90.93.13 with SMTP id q13mr1378077agb.32.1225824428339; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:47:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.81.1 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:47:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38af3d670811041047t6d222463nf2aa0909cad795fb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:47:08 +0000 From: "Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto" Sender: jorgepeixotomorais@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] First Portage Hick-up, Chokes on Java In-Reply-To: <200811042026.54971.alan.mckinnon@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 References: <200811041723.58876.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <38af3d670811040956s620784a8w17bbcc212b14651c@mail.gmail.com> <200811042026.54971.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 24b848481030339b X-Archives-Salt: 9d183ed2-76a6-49b8-ade9-a5e057d38208 X-Archives-Hash: 4650ca3a38ab1cac8b96929ae3cc0a3c On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > 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 To be sincere, I don't remember. I'll read when I get home. Regards, Jorge Peixoto -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds