On Thu, Apr 17 2014, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:11:05 -0400 > gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > >> I have not yet merged eclipse-sdk. Must I merge this? The only >> version in the main tree is masked and it brings in 83! packages. > > One Does Not Simply Compile Eclipse[1]. > > There is dev-util/eclipse-sdk-bin in several overlays[2][3], which > provide a pre-compiled version of that what you are exactly looking for; > but if you want to build eclipse-sdk from source, you're on your own[4]. > Unless you get a team together; ping me, then I'll share a WIP version. > > [1] http://thume.ca/2013/03/29/contributing-to-eclipse/ > [2] http://gpo.zugaina.org/dev-util/eclipse-sdk-bin > [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Layman > [4] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325271#c159
I see. Thanks for setting me straight. I had it wrong. When I did an emerge --pretend eclipse-sdk I received a note that a recent binary is in the java-overlay. Is that what you would recommend? I have used layman in the past for gnome. thanks, allan
