[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] doc_about_ebuild_functions
From:       Aaron Walker <ka0ttic () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-09-21 10:33:47
Message-ID: 4150038B.4070601 () gentoo ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Tamas Sarga wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I'd like to create ebuilds, but I can't find any good documentation
| about helper functions.
| For example I heard about PATCH_ATTRIBUTES or such variable, what is
| used by epatch, but I can't find it anywhere in the gentoo.org doc
| section. Where should I search for these type of docs?

Someone has already mentioned the Dev Handbook.

There's also

man 5 ebuild (my personal favorite)

and there are quite a few eclass manual pages (not nearly as many
eclasses though), but as genone mentioned it's a lot more informational
to read the code itself.  'slocate eclass.5' should give you a nice list
of those with manual pages.

Also, check out ${PORTDIR}/skel.ebuild.  It shows a skeleton ebuild and
has *lots* of comments to go with everything.

Cheers
- --
You have junk mail.

Aaron Walker - Gentoo Developer [ Gentoo/BSD / forensics herd ]
ka0ttic@gentoo.org		http://dev.gentoo.org/~ka0ttic/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFBUAOLC3poscuANHARAkBLAJ48PeC9vuX27izeNUCwVmn0Y5YMBQCeMyQI
3xNwZrCVfHM/xrSvUDzmlxE=
=OWJ2
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--
gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]