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 1KlasO-0007yK-OF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:58:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E8823E0349; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 02:58:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.242]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C32B1E0349 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 02:58:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 31so959269agc.10 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:58:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:x-x-sender:to:subject :in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:from; bh=fC1Mt68bn35PauAw/feVoThvP+Bpgw/b8pZikgV+59I=; b=td7VHrfvIhBCpfIFa+tzxNBpzvu8uf4ojMTkfHFo47K2FkuOIZL9YEH09OBFhA5C2c /sbkEXg+1rp+P73BhSb8WEnTYg0zwprmoduAYlgP9eUlA02UprJrZcMTjRS3P3bPtmbo 9ZQh86U+07Jir7972sww4mXsNOzxpwP13iNRQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:x-x-sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:from; b=ctloVkSb8Ce5hBn1Nz64ZUzz4Lk4OD/pQc035QqHEPwJzNum1bhWyDOThtiO4yuB6o /+YSm/Z5RbzWDUiV6JPdLdS7eQ8C3ctXbYrQ/7nbmaqAksiMzNsE6+uplWWd+hYuDeqM MIqPL585lUzeTRqIl1U+YqmtZmQaP+zJkq+AQ= Received: by 10.70.18.11 with SMTP id 11mr500523wxr.73.1223002721816; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:58:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.3? (cpe-024-163-099-118.nc.res.rr.com [24.163.99.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h39sm3401071wxd.30.2008.10.02.19.58.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:58:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 02:58:21 +0000 (Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page) X-X-Sender: vcg3rd@strider.Belkin To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: First Portage Hick-up, Chokes on Java In-Reply-To: <20081002214934.29ec47d0@bellgrove.remarqs.net> Message-ID: References: <20081002214934.29ec47d0@bellgrove.remarqs.net> 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: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="471337409-1863232511-1223002701=:3737" From: "boslists@gmail.com" X-Archives-Salt: 80246f58-33dc-453e-a74b-60d2f1c206f3 X-Archives-Hash: 82f41dbfef08549582b54af720cd20ce This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --471337409-1863232511-1223002701=:3737 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, =BBQ=AB wrote: > You didn't need this. It's for third-party e-builds, but you aren't > using a third party e-build. The zip file came from Sun, but the > ebuild is in the Gentoo portage tree. > > Ebuilds are just scripts which portage uses to build the packages. In > this case, the ebuild isn't allowed to download the files it needs > automagically, but it's still a Gentoo ebuild, not a third-party one. > > I've snipped the rest of what you wrote about overlays, &c., but it > didn't look like anything was wrong, just unnecessary for what you want > to do. For more info about overlays, see > . Thanks for the additional info. Good to know! Rather than clutter the list with a lot of thanks, let me just say thanks= =20 to all for any future replies written before knowing that I went ahead and= =20 took the plunge and it worked. Bo Grimes --471337409-1863232511-1223002701=:3737--