[dev] Re: dev Digest, Vol 12, Issue 5

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 21:16:39 +0200 From: Martin Edenhofer Subject: Re: [dev] Gentoo ebuild for otrs-1.2.3 Thanks for your package! :)

Can you tell us a "short" into into the Gentoo ebuild?

Is there a way to get/build automatically new OTRS packages?

Gentoo ebuilds are very similar to FreeBSD ports. An ebuild is basically a short script that instructs Portage (Gentoo's package manager) to download, build, and install a package, automatically resolving dependencies. Once the ebuild is accepted into Portage, installing OTRS on Gentoo will be as simple as typing 'emerge sync && emerge otrs' (of course, some post-install configuration is required). The ebuild will automatically resolve and install all Perl deps, fetch the tarball from the mirrors, build, and install it (with support for Apache virtual hosting). For now, all you need to do is place the ebuild and its files into your local Portage overlay, and that's it. -- Renat Lumpau