From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FiQIC-0004EM-0V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 23 May 2006 06:22:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k4N6LjPR025912; Tue, 23 May 2006 06:21:45 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.40]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4N6GKBk007917 for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 06:16:21 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.102] (cpe-68-201-116-137.gt.res.rr.com [68.201.116.137]) by ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4N6GIJq005631 for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 01:16:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4472A8BC.9000700@gt.rr.com> Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 01:16:28 -0500 From: "Anthony E. Caudel" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8 (X11/20060510) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Manually compiling a gentoo package References: <44728CBF.8030705@gt.rr.com> <7573e9640605222153w52eafd87sc76bae426c332fea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7573e9640605222153w52eafd87sc76bae426c332fea@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Archives-Salt: 5df01956-44a7-4108-881e-755ed0dc5c86 X-Archives-Hash: ad80379f9ac8cbadd97db002ccbeba3d Richard Fish wrote: > On 5/22/06, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > >> I need to make a change in the code for a gentoo package (pgcalc2) to >> check whether it corrects a problem. If I simply download it with >> emerge -f pgcalc2, make the correction and then try to finish the >> emerge, it will fail the md5 check. >> >> How can I do this? > > > Assuming you have a fairly standard setup: > > ebuild /usr/portage/sci-calculators/pgcalc2/pgcalc2-2.2.4.ebuild unpack > > ebuild /usr/portage/sci-calculators/pgcalc2/pgcalc2-2.2.4.ebuild compile > ebuild /usr/portage/sci-calculators/pgcalc2/pgcalc2-2.2.4.ebuild install > > See "man ebuild". > > -Richard > Thanks, Richard. Those steps did the trick. And the author's correction fixed the problem also. So, with a final "ebuild ... qmerge", I have a working pgcalc2. Tony -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list