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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
| 10 | <section> |
10 | <section> |
| 11 | <title>Obtaining Package Information</title> |
11 | <title>Obtaining Package Information</title> |
| 12 | <subsection> |
12 | <subsection> |
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| 118 | Manifest metadata.xml openoffice-1.1.0-r1.ebuild openoffice-1.1.0.ebuild |
118 | Manifest metadata.xml openoffice-1.1.0-r1.ebuild openoffice-1.1.0.ebuild |
| 119 | </pre> |
119 | </pre> |
| 120 | |
120 | |
| 121 | <p> |
121 | <p> |
| 122 | Remember that we told you that a Gentoo package is called an ebuild? Well, in |
122 | Remember that we told you that a Gentoo package is called an ebuild? Well, in |
| 123 | the example directory four of such ebuilds are stored. Their naming is |
123 | the example directory, four of such ebuilds are stored. Their naming is |
| 124 | almost identical: they only differ in the version name. |
124 | almost identical; they only differ in the version name. |
| 125 | You are free to view the contents of such a package: they are plain scripts. We |
125 | You are free to view the contents of such a package: they are plain scripts. We |
| 126 | will not discuss it right now as it isn't important to know if you plan on just |
126 | will not discuss it right now as it isn't important to know if you plan on just |
| 127 | using Gentoo. |
127 | using Gentoo. |
| 128 | </p> |
128 | </p> |
| 129 | |
129 | |
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| 135 | such as the responsible development group -- called <e>herd</e> -- and a more |
135 | such as the responsible development group -- called <e>herd</e> -- and a more |
| 136 | extensive description). |
136 | extensive description). |
| 137 | </p> |
137 | </p> |
| 138 | |
138 | |
| 139 | <p> |
139 | <p> |
| 140 | Inside the <path>files</path> directory you will find extra files, needed by |
140 | Inside the <path>files</path> directory, you will find extra files, needed by |
| 141 | Portage: digests (checksums and permissions of the files needed by a single |
141 | Portage: digests (checksums and permissions of the files needed by a single |
| 142 | version of the package), patches, example configuration files, etc. |
142 | version of the package), patches, example configuration files, etc. |
| 143 | </p> |
143 | </p> |
| 144 | |
144 | |
| 145 | <pre caption="Viewing the extra files"> |
145 | <pre caption="Viewing the extra files"> |
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| 153 | nptl.patch |
153 | nptl.patch |
| 154 | </pre> |
154 | </pre> |
| 155 | |
155 | |
| 156 | <p> |
156 | <p> |
| 157 | If you go back to the root of the Portage tree (<path>/usr/portage</path>) you |
157 | If you go back to the root of the Portage tree (<path>/usr/portage</path>) you |
| 158 | will notice that there are other, non-category directories too. We will discuss |
158 | will notice that there are other, non-category directories, too. We will discuss |
| 159 | those later in this chapter. |
159 | those later in this chapter. |
| 160 | </p> |
160 | </p> |
| 161 | |
161 | |
| 162 | </body> |
162 | </body> |
| 163 | </subsection> |
163 | </subsection> |