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Norris
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 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject: [solved] writing an ebuild for btnx |
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Hi,
I tried to write an ebuild for btnx (http://www.ollisalonen.com/btnx/) and posted my first try in the bugzilla (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188265). The ebuild for btnx-0.4.5 is not working yet (for more information you can read my comment in the bugzilla).
But my question is more general:
I think that the Makefile for btnx is not a regular Makefile. For the installation, it is only running a bash script which you can find in another directory. If I use my ebuild I get the error message:
>>> Install btnx-0.4.5 into /var/tmp/portage/app-misc/btnx-0.4.5/image/ category app-misc
Installing btnx...
.ACCESS DENIED mkdir: /etc/btnx
mkdir: kann Verzeichnis „/etc/btnx“ nicht anlegen: Keine Berechtigung
[HINT BY ME: this means "mkdir: couldn'nt create ..., no permission" in english]
Are you root?d not make directory: /etc/btnx.
make: *** [install] Fehler 1
I believe this is the failure:
Because it is a script what is running, emerge does not log this installing it in the work directory and so it don't give the permission to create the directory in the "real" system.
Is there anybody who can help me? Is it possible to say emerge / in the ebuild that it runs a script in the Makefile or to edit the Makefile in the way, that it is running (maybe I can create a diff later)?
Thanks
Jan alias Norris
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Voltago
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Most properly autotool'ed projects (i. e. where you type ./configure; make; make install) respect the DESTDIR variable, but this package doesn't, and thus tries on 'emake install' to install into the root directory. However, by slightly hacking the install.sh script, this situation can be remedied.
| Code: | --- scripts/install.sh 2008-02-18 20:07:31.000000000 +0100
+++ scripts/install.sh 2008-02-18 20:14:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# Author: Olli Salonen <oasalonen@gmail.com> #
#################################################
-INIT_DIR=/etc/init.d
+INIT_DIR=$DESTDIR/etc/init.d
INIT_PROG=""
INIT_DEL=
INIT_ADD=
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
DATA_DIR=data
DEFAULTS_DIR=$DATA_DIR/defaults
NAME=btnx
-BIN_DIR=/usr/sbin
+BIN_DIR=$DESTDIR/usr/sbin
PROGRAM=$BIN_DIR/$NAME
-CONFIG_DIR=/etc/btnx
+CONFIG_DIR=$DESTDIR/etc/btnx
CONFIG=btnx_config
EVENTS=events
-
+MKDIR="mkdir -p"
function prompt_yn {
while [ 1 ]; do
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
echo -ne "."
else
#echo -ne "Making config dir... "
- mkdir $CONFIG_DIR
+ $MKDIR $CONFIG_DIR
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo -e "\n* Error: could not make directory: $CONFIG_DIR. \rAre you root?"
exit 1
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
echo -ne "."
else
#echo -ne "Making bin dir... "
- mkdir $BIN_DIR
+ $MKDIR $BIN_DIR
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo -e "\n* Error: could not make directory: $BIN_DIR."
exit 1
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
echo -ne "."
else
#echo -ne "Making init dir... "
- mkdir $INIT_DIR
+ $MKDIR $INIT_DIR
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo -e "\n* Error: could not make directory: $INIT_DIR."
exit 1
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Include this patch into your ebuild in the src_unpack function with the epatch command, and afterwards you can use 'emake DESTDIR=$D install' like normal. If you really want to enter the spirit of gentoo package creation and maintainance, send this small patch upstream with my regards. |
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Norris
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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THANKS!!!
Thank you for your fast answer and working on the install.sh. It works now!
This time, I don't "really want to enter the spirit of gentoo package creation and maintainance".
I only want to bring to the end what I've begun, so I hope it is ok, if I post the patch in the bugzilla
(https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188265), naturally with your regards.
Hint: emake install or einstall doesn't work, I tested it and I get the same error... but it is not longer relevant...
greetings
Jan alias Norris |
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srunni
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Is there any chance someone could create an ebuild for version 0.4.11?
Thanks! |
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Hu
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| srunni wrote: | Is there any chance someone could create an ebuild for version 0.4.11?
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Have you tried renaming an ebuild from an existing version? If upstream changes are minimal, a rename is often sufficient to create a working ebuild for the new version. If that did not work, then please provide the output showing how it failed. |
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baeksu
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Hu wrote: | | srunni wrote: | Is there any chance someone could create an ebuild for version 0.4.11?
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Have you tried renaming an ebuild from an existing version? If upstream changes are minimal, a rename is often sufficient to create a working ebuild for the new version. If that did not work, then please provide the output showing how it failed. |
Renaming seems to work. You can change the line:
| Code: | | RDEPEND=">=app-misc/btnx-config-0.4.7" |
to:
| Code: | | RDEPEND=">=app-misc/btnx-config-0.4.9" |
Don't forget to rename 'btnx-config-0.4.7.ebuild' to 'btnx-config-0.4.9.ebuild' as well.
btnx-0.4.11 seems to have added a new configuration option, but I haven't had a chance to test whether this should added as a USE flag as well.
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Norris
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:50 am Post subject: |
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For me, renaming off the ebuild works. Maybe have a look at my comment 20 in the bug posted above.
greets
Jan |
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