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 4.43) id 1EL2Q6-0004Ro-OS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:42:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8THWIZ1006938; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:32:22 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.196]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8THNQ52031031 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:23:27 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x7so91512nzc for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:30:51 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=NYpxYrOgCkPvwN254oP+xZd8/k/dRFYRAFmSqNeru/n9el+iFnwvDy6YYdLzxEV+rxF/XEogC97eYpdSdSdXc8lJyQ1Vl+xJCN+l71rvQP5fWtxUJO6luBZxUkNBE3Qx3fWUb0YHLOfD+iFI+Bi+d9TL5TKrMy9cHkpcH5icU3k= Received: by 10.36.250.19 with SMTP id x19mr4687744nzh; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:30:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.7.18 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:30:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558b73fb050929103076d77ebf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:30:51 -0400 From: Michael Crute <mcrute@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] no ebuild what to do? In-Reply-To: <20050929171834.79065.qmail@web31710.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_3163_13375268.1128015051494" References: <20050929171834.79065.qmail@web31710.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Archives-Salt: b8710d2f-56c9-4774-939b-6c809e348e69 X-Archives-Hash: 7d070fdcefd338d7bcb3e40cd116c59b ------=_Part_3163_13375268.1128015051494 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 9/29/05, maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I'm sure this has been covered before but can't seem > to google for it. > > I'd like to install dekagen but there are no ebuilds > for it. I suppose I could just unpack it and follow > the INSTALL doc but is that the appropriate gentoo > way? > > You can build it by hand but then whats the point of running Gentoo? Instead you should write an ebuild ( http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=3D2) then contibute it back to the community( http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ebuild-submit.xml), or find someone else who will do it for you/already has done it and use their ebuild ( http://bugs.gentoo.org) -Mike _____________________ Michael E. Crute Software Developer SoftGroup Development Corporation Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" ------=_Part_3163_13375268.1128015051494 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline <div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9/29/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">= maxim wexler</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:blissfix@yahoo.com">blissfix@yahoo.c= om</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0= px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hello everybody,<br><br>I'm sure= this has been covered before but can't seem<br>to google for it.<br><br>I'= d like to install dekagen but there are no ebuilds <br>for it. I suppose I could just unpack it and follow<br>the INSTALL doc = but is that the appropriate gentoo<br>way?<br><br></blockquote></div>You ca= n build it by hand but then whats the point of running Gentoo? Instead you = should write an ebuild ( <a href=3D"http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part= =3D2">http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=3D2</= a>) then contibute it back to the community(<a href=3D"http://www.gentoo.or= g/doc/en/ebuild-submit.xml"> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ebuild-submit.xml</a>), or find someone else w= ho will do it for you/already has done it and use their ebuild (<a href=3D"= http://bugs.gentoo.org">http://bugs.gentoo.org</a>)<br><br clear=3D"all">-M= ike <br><br>_____________________<br>Michael E. Crute<br>Software Developer<br>= SoftGroup Development Corporation<br><br>Linux, because reboots are for ins= talling hardware.<br>"In a world without walls and fences, who needs w= indows and gates?"=20 ------=_Part_3163_13375268.1128015051494-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list