* Re: [gentoo-user] Multisync with evolution and Zaurus
@ 2004-12-07 23:29 99% ` Jeff Cranmer
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From: Jeff Cranmer @ 2004-12-07 23:29 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
The two files are very small. The zipfile is only 1.5k, so is obviously
not the source code.
I copied the ebuild file as described below, then ran
emerge -pv =/usr/portage/app-pda/multisync/multisync-cvs-0.82.ebuild,
and I got the error
------------------------------------
Calculating dependencies
*** You need to adjust PORTDIR or PORTDIR_OVERLAY to emerge this
package.
------------------------------------
Jeff
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:05 -0500, Jeff Cranmer wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> There are four files under multisync-cvs snapshot ebuild, two of which are struck out.
>
> Presumably I download the multisync live cvs ebuild (a tgz file), putting it in /usr/portage/distfiles,
> and copy the app-pda/multisync-cvs/multisync-cvs-0.82.ebuild file text file into
> /usr/portage/app-pda/multisync-cvs/multisync-cvs-0.82.ebuild, then run emerge multisync-cvs-0.82?
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MOLNÁR Péter <mp428@hszk.bme.hu>
> Sent: Dec 7, 2004 12:03 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Multisync with evolution and Zaurus
>
> On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 07:26 -0500, Jeff Cranmer wrote:
> > Here's a little bit of additional info from the multisync sourceforge
> > website. This is an excerpt from an anonymous posting in the support
> > area regarding evolution 2:
> >
> > --------------------------------
> > it almost works fine now, but it were some problems
> > with compilation (I had to copy multisync/specs/* files
> > manually to apropriate plugin dirs and correct
> > configure.in then it started to compile)
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > I'm not sure how to convert these comments to the correct thing to do in
> > the gentoo environment. Any assistance greatly appreciated.
> >
>
> The multisync in portage does not come with an evolution2 plugin, you
> have to get the latest 0.8 branch snapshot from cvs, and build it.
>
> Alternatively, there is a multisync-cvs ebuild in bugzilla, which you
> can put into your portage overlay. It has a few problems, but it is
> worth a try.
>
> Search for "ALL multisync" on the gentoo bugzilla, and it will be the
> topmost entry.
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Jeff Cranmer <jcranmer01@earthlink.net>
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