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 1KlaRf-0006C5-9T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:31:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0355DE0339; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 02:31:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.155]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4478E0339 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 02:31:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so246013ywm.46 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:31:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aCyE5Wcta88orhs25tQ4dDLB6tVB6mgKzTJqmMAoefk=; b=UCTXrk/Re7SfvyOlutKd74A3/NHlSkRSg31yVwCuWiG8+EIzDIKHYrN7+TpmG92IA/ 6XlRCANHX+zIOLB+ZlEtEbNtyooa0sUEhE8eSK8t6durGt20VOi1d0VqOtinjtkGXXW1 s02ZF13qDDCQFmFv6Wz33/RWN3gha2ahSc73A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=gO8iUwddMlv7Tznwgbpc2JzFjiy55AbbE7ghsosY3i5XOEXImzBy2kftZshl+rskgL bsBS/Na5m/q/YX/Q1OmT4LH42s2UMdTMESkwWokS8NmnLJy/TajPf0Dsdi3tIw1tQUgH e/vYUr2RIK6PpcMMKiVN1D9jCYqxfTljLnLGg= Received: by 10.100.121.12 with SMTP id t12mr594728anc.132.1223001064751; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:31:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?209.215.56.132? (host-209-215-56-132.jan.bellsouth.net [209.215.56.132]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c30sm3993383ana.27.2008.10.02.19.31.00 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:31:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48E583E1.4060308@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:30:57 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.17) Gecko/20080928 SeaMonkey/1.1.12 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] First Portage Hick-up, Chokes on Java References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3b42ccfb-f6e1-47e5-8d88-4d007938fd06 X-Archives-Hash: 731e1d8223932bfad0c1981eedb023d8 boslists@gmail.com wrote: > My first install of Gentoo, and I'm pleased by how far I've progressed > on my own, not being a programmer or computer person, but I'm a bit > wary of proceeding further without advice. > > I was trying to emerge some several files which had a dependency on > java-sdk-docs. Below is the message from emerge. More information > will follow. > > !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 has fetch restriction turned on. > !!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded > !!! manually. See the comments in the ebuild for more information. > > * Please download jdk-6-doc.zip from > * > https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jdk-6-doc-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer > > * (select English and agree to the licence) and place it in > /usr/portage/distfiles named as > * jdk-6-doc-r1.zip. Notice the r1. Because Sun changes the doc zip file > * without changing the filename, we have to resort to renaming to keep > * the md5sum verification working for existing and new downloads. > * > * If emerge fails because of a md5sum error it is possible that Sun > * has again changed the upstream release, try downloading the file > * again or a newer revision if available. Otherwise report this to > * http://bugs.gentoo.org/67266 and we will make a new revision. > * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1' > > * Messages for package dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1: > > * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 > > So, I downloaded the file, renamed it and put it where it told me to. > Then I found http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds > and I am trying to follow that. > > I added PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/distfiles" to > /etc/make.conf The first because the wki said to, and the second > because that's where emerge's message told me to put the file I > downloaded from Sun. > > I then added FEATURES="collision-protect ccache parallel-fetch" to > /etc/male.conf for safety, even though I have no idea what it does. I > then checked out features with emerge --info | grep FEATURES. It > told me that /usr/local/portage did not exist. > > OK, so I created it. Now, that is where emerge told me to put the > file, but the fact that gentoo did not even create that directory > gives me pause. > > Bottom line: I am being told I need this dependency, and I am not > sure how to proceed in creating my own Ebuild to install it. > > Am I even in the right ballpark here? > > Thanks, > Bo Grimes > > You got the file downloaded right? Put the file, with the new name, in /usr/portage/distfiles then emerge it. It will see the file was downloaded and placed there then emerge it like any other package. You shouldn't need a overlay for that. At least I don't here. Dale :-) :-)