[Solved]Help writing ebuild w/ dash in upstream archive name

[rab0171610]

I am trying to update a local ebuild for Onboard onscreen keyboard.
https://github.com/dr-ni/onboard/releases
The current release version is named v1.4.3-7 .
The line for the SRC_URI is:

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SRC_URI="https://github.com/dr-ni/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"

My understanding is that portage dbes not allow for there to be dashes in package names.
If the ebuild was allowed to be named oboard-1.4.3-7, then the SRC_URI should resolve correctly to https://github.com/dr-ni/onboard/archiv ... 3-7.tar.gz
However, since the dash is not allowed, I understandably get:

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ebuild onboard-1.4.3-7.ebuild digest
ebuild: /var/db/repos/localrepo/app-accessibility/onboard/onboard-1.4.3-7.ebuild: app-accessibility/onboard-1.4.3-7: does not follow correct package syntax

If I were to just to experiment and shorten the ebuild name to 1.4.3, without the '-7', which would be onboard-1.4.3.ebuild, obviously it will not correctly resolve the download URL when trying to update the ebuild manifiest.
Per the guidance in:
viewtopic-t-568730-start-0.html
If I add:

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MY_PV="-7"

And change the SRC_URI accordingly:

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SRC_URI="https://github.com/dr-ni/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${PV}${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}${MY_PV}.tar.gz"

Then I can update the manifest correctly.
If I step through the ebuild process for troubleshooting purposes:

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 ebuild onboard-1.4.3.ebuild prepare
 * ERROR: app-accessibility/onboard-1.4.3::localrepo failed (prepare phase):
 *   The source directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-accessibility/onboard-1.4.3/work/onboard-1.4.3' doesn't exist
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *            ebuild.sh, line  777:  Called __ebuild_main 'prepare'
 *   phase-functions.sh, line 1090:  Called __dyn_prepare
 *   phase-functions.sh, line  404:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              die "The source directory '${S}' doesn't exist"

I understand this because the actual working directory is named after the downloaded archive, /var/tmp/portage/app-accessibility/onboard-1.4.3/work/onboard-1.4.3-7/ and not /var/tmp/portage/app-accessibility/onboard-1.4.3/work/onboard-1.4.3/

If I stop here and rename the directory in /var/tmp/portage to what portage expects /var/tmp/portage/app-accessibility/onboard-1.4.3/work/onboard-1.4.3/ I can then step through the ebuild and merge the package correctly.

That works and gets the package installed for now, but how do I get this to work correctly? I have come as far on my own as I think I can without further help. For anyone that took the time to read this far, I appreciate it and any guidance would be welcome.

Rab

[grknight]

If an archive does not unpack to the expected location, you then set the S variable.
For example:

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S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}${MY_PV}"

Edit: For consistency sake, I would suggest setting the file name to onboard-1.4.3_p7.ebuild as this author likes post release revisions. (_p7 here is "patch 7")
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MY_PV="${PV/_p/-}"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/dr-ni/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${PN}-${MY_PV}.tar.gz"
S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"

[rab0171610]

Thank you, I will look into that. I appreciate your help.

[rab0171610]

If an archive does not unpack to the expected location, you then set the S variable.
For example:

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S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}${MY_PV}"

Edit: For consistency sake, I would suggest setting the file name to onboard-1.4.3_p7.ebuild as this author likes post release revisions. (_p7 here is "patch 7")
Then,

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MY_PV="${PV/_p/-}"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/dr-ni/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${PN}-${MY_PV}.tar.gz"
S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"

grknight, thank you for your insights. That works perfectly.