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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Questions on creating an ebuild
From:       Mike Frysinger <vapier () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2002-09-30 6:14:32
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> I was wanting to create an ebuild of Judy libraries:
glad to hear it :)

> http://sourceforge.net/projects/judy
be sure to use the mirror://sourceforge syntax in the SRC_URI variable

> You will notice that there is no version number in the software (becaus=
e
> the "big deal" about this software is the LGPLing of it).  How can one
> work around that?  I have, so far, had to have an ebuild filename that
> doesn't reflect the name of the tarball AND have had to explicitly stat=
e
> the name of the tarball (and so not use ${P}).  Can this be worked
> around or should I contact the author of the software?
in the SRC_URI, just explicitly type the filename rather than doing ${P}.=
tgz
as for the ebuild naming, for now put the date stamp on it ...
judy-20020627.ebuild

> The other thing was the filename of the tarball starts with a capital
> ("J"). Is this ok?  It works (to have an ebuild file with a lowercase
> first letter) but I am assuming if the tarball and the ebuild are to
> have the same name, then this also needs to be fixed.
source tarballs can be named however they want.
you however better not even think about naming your ebuild with
capital letters ;)
capitalization is a big NONO with ebuild naming ... unforunately,
not everyone has stuck to this.  that does not mean you should also
be one of these deviants :)

hope this helps
-mike
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