Re: [tlug] (gentoo) how to ask for an ebuild or do it myself?

[Edward Middleton <edwardmiddleton@example.com>]

0. add PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" to your /etc/make.conf

On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 21:48 +0900, Al Hoang wrote:
> 1. Create the dir /usr/local/portage
>  - This serves as the base of your own private portage tree where you can
>    dump ebuilds
> 2. For your own private ebuild, figure out what it would be classified as
>  - For your case it would be under the directory app-emacs (Full directory
>    is /usr/local/portage/app-emacs/remember-gentoo
> 3. Download attachment from bugs database in gentoo into newly created
>    directory
>  - cd /usr/local/portage/app-emacs/remember-gentoo && \
> 	wget http://somewhere/path/to/ebuild
> 4. Create the ebuild (This is the part where my memory gets fuzzy...)
>  - At this point, I drop using emerge and just use the ebuild tools
>    directly since you need to make sure a manifest is properly created iirc
>  - ebuild remember.ebuild manifest (or was it the other way around)
>  - ebuild remember.ebuild fetch 
>  - ebuild remember.ebuild compile 
>  - ebuild remember.ebuild install*  (Check ebuild manpage) 
>  - ebuild remember.ebuild merge*    (Check ebuild manpage)
> 

# ebuild remember.ebuild digest
# emerge remember
should be enough assuming the ebuild is correct

If you want to get this into the portage tree you would be best to
update the current ebuild and add it to the existing bug.  This may be
enough to motivate the current assigned developer to push it into the
portage tree, but even if it isn't you have solved your immediate
problem.  The "Gentoo Developer Handbook"[1] is the place to get started
working on ebuilds.

Edward

1. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml