On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, b.n. wrote: > boslists@gmail.com ha scritto: >> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, �Q� 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! >> > > I think this little misunderstanding could be solved, in the future, by > clarifying it (perhaps in a footnote) in the gentoo docs. To me the > instructions for java etc. have always been clear, but it doesn't mean it is > always the case. Well, my thinking was Sun does not equal Gentoo therefore Sun is a 3rd party. Being less than a week on the Gentoo scene, and having no experience as a developer, coder, administrator or any other computer profession, I am still in the foothills of the learning curve regarding Gentoo specific jargon like Ebuilds. I appreciate the patience.