Apparently, though unproven, at 14:01 on Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch did opine thusly:
> On 08/24/10 13:45:05, Robin Atwood wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 August 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'd like to create an ebuild (in my local overlay) which refers to > > > > a > > > > > local distribution file. > > > > > > I've tried > > > > > > SRC_URI="file::///usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2" > > > > > > but "file://" doesn't seem to be supported. > > > > > > Is there any alternative? > > > > > > Thanks for a hint, > > > Helmut. > > > > > > (I'm using portage-2.2._rc68) > > > > "ln -s /usr/local/Src/MyPack.tar.bz2 /usr/portage/distfiles" maybe? > > Thanks, but isn't that erased when I resync next time? > > Helmut. No. emerge --sync does not nuke your distfiles. If it does you would know all about it by now. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
