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 1Km5j4-0005Ea-3F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:55:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 141A3E02D8; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:55:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.250]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58B1E02D8 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 31so1606798agc.10 for ; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:55:06 -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=nOy6FqiRoz+22u0F00EioHgneIB/ZxxiiWJd01NHldQ=; b=dah+0NYnNSEaCl61IovGctExAGQZa+OHa6LS26ubYPyj/uj4OE/rgexYChvTyrVYjQ DnWyQqjgmY61QQK3jOZdkX4R60l4gKzP5GYDuuAOGlvXuQyPxFtck3m6F6ooi80zXYcy MWuU9W0pnJwJXQ+CQ2FIKWlA5crqVEMYrqTPw= 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=L1I0Z3o5sTyIAGl+PUEbH6xSb+xvN0od3vNAdf4yQSP8+IMBkyWfcLhHOBx6YDkSsY nj8hx6dukiSGd9E0AXxjuqr7nZnqZBbEVbokgId4GNgIu4ZB7zJ/MlaWJ5yoNH7bPkBt z+Ky4wBFbOF7cdad+TSQ6O8jDCAzAdprxX1uU= Received: by 10.70.75.20 with SMTP id x20mr2726782wxa.29.1223121306880; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:55:06 -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 h8sm5289137wxd.16.2008.10.04.04.55.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:55:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:54:39 +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: <48E75207.1040006@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20081002214934.29ec47d0@bellgrove.remarqs.net> <48E75207.1040006@gmail.com> 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="471337409-902349960-1223121279=:5915" From: "boslists@gmail.com" X-Archives-Salt: df096788-6229-4c1f-8d55-2968f4ca83d9 X-Archives-Hash: 9588bf54d28aab7685815f10c5162a54 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --471337409-902349960-1223121279=:5915 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, b.n. wrote: > boslists@gmail.com ha scritto: >> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, =EF=BF=BDQ=EF=BF=BD wrote: >> >> >>=20 >> > 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. >> >=20 >> > Ebuilds are just scripts which portage uses to build the packages. I= n >> > 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. >> >=20 >> > 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 wa= nt >> > to do. For more info about overlays, see >> > . >> >> >> Thanks for the additional info. Good to know! >>=20 > > I think this little misunderstanding could be solved, in the future, by= =20 > clarifying it (perhaps in a footnote) in the gentoo docs. To me the=20 > instructions for java etc. have always been clear, but it doesn't mean it= is=20 > always the case. Well, my thinking was Sun does not equal Gentoo therefore Sun is a 3rd=20 party. Being less than a week on the Gentoo scene, and having no=20 experience as a developer, coder, administrator or any other computer=20 profession, I am still in the foothills of the learning curve regarding=20 Gentoo specific jargon like Ebuilds. I appreciate the patience. --471337409-902349960-1223121279=:5915--