On Freitag 03 Oktober 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My first install of Gentoo, and I'm pleased by how far I've progressed on > my own, not being a programmer or computer person, but I'm a bit wary of > proceeding further without advice. > > I was trying to emerge some several files which had a dependency on > java-sdk-docs. Below is the message from emerge. More information will > follow. > > !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 has fetch restriction turned on. > !!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded > !!! manually. See the comments in the ebuild for more information. > > * Please download jdk-6-doc.zip from > * > https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en >_US/-/USD/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >oper * (select English and agree to the licence) and place it in > /usr/portage/distfiles named as > * jdk-6-doc-r1.zip. Notice the r1. Because Sun changes the doc zip file > * without changing the filename, we have to resort to renaming to keep > * the md5sum verification working for existing and new downloads. > * > * If emerge fails because of a md5sum error it is possible that Sun > * has again changed the upstream release, try downloading the file > * again or a newer revision if available. Otherwise report this to > * http://bugs.gentoo.org/67266 and we will make a new revision. > * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1' > > * Messages for package dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1: > > * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0-r1 > > So, I downloaded the file, renamed it and put it where it told me to.
really? and did you rename it? > Then I found http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds and > I am trying to follow that. why? > > I added PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/distfiles" to > /etc/make.conf The first because the wki said to, and the second because > that's where emerge's message told me to put the file I downloaded from > Sun. again, why? all you need to do is downloading the file and put it into /usr/portage/distfiles. And don't add that to make.conf as an overlay directory. it is just wrong. > OK, so I created it. Now, that is where emerge told me to put the file, > but the fact that gentoo did not even create that directory gives me > pause. why should emerge create a directory that it doesn't even need? > > Bottom line: I am being told I need this dependency, and I am not sure > how to proceed in creating my own Ebuild to install it. you don't need to create the ebuild. It is a dependency/file needed. The ebuild is already there. > > Am I even in the right ballpark here? I am afraid: no
