Hi! Gentoo misses RefDB (http://refdb.sourceforge.net/) package in Portage tree. From the homepage: RefDB is a reference database and bibliography tool for SGML, XML, and LaTeX/BibTeX documents. It allows users to share databases over a network. It is lightweight and portable to basically all platforms with a decent C compiler. And it's released under the GNU General Public License. So, it would be nice to have it in Gentoo for all those users requiring nice bibliography tool... Sincerely, Gour
Created attachment 104736 [details] dev-db/refdb-0.9.8.ebuild I created a simple ebuild, it lacks a lot of optional features (perl, apache and XML for example) and (probably) not perfect. some notes: - refDB utilizes database through the dev-db/libdbi-drivers, so there is no reason to include database dependancy in it, since they already should be accounted by libdbi-drivers - I introduced bibtex local USE flag for BibTeX import (additional dependancy) - installation done by simple configure && make && make install (really simple) - if emacs flag is installed, additional package will be installed for emacs mode (see next attachment, the ebuild is very simple again). I'm not sure which dependancies are required for it, probably it is possible to merge these ebuilds - writing /etc/init.d/refdb script is desirable for running as service is desirable both ebuilds work for me, but test/extension/improvement is necessary.
Created attachment 104737 [details] app-emacs/refdb-elisp-1.3.ebuild
(In reply to comment #1) > I created a simple ebuild, it lacks a lot of optional features (perl, apache > and XML for example) and (probably) not perfect. Thank you very much. >some notes: I added ~amd64 and fixed syntax error in the ebuild - missing parenthese around bibtex test - see attachment. > - refDB utilizes database through the dev-db/libdbi-drivers, so there is no > reason to include database dependancy in it, since they already should be > accounted by libdbi-drivers Right. > - I introduced bibtex local USE flag for BibTeX import (additional dependancy) That's what I need the most thinking about using RefDB with lyx/latex :-) > both ebuilds work for me, but test/extension/improvement is necessary. There is error in redb-init script causing it to fail. The fix is simple: line #190 should read: checkFile "/usr/share/refdb/sql/refdb.2.dump.sqlite" "read" \ I had a problem trying to run with sqlite3. Sincerely, Gour >
Created attachment 104758 [details, diff] patch for the refdb-0.98.ebuild Hi! Here is the patch. Sincerely, Gour
(In reply to comment #3) > > There is error in redb-init script causing it to fail. > > The fix is simple: > > line #190 should read: > > checkFile "/usr/share/refdb/sql/refdb.2.dump.sqlite" "read" \ > > I had a problem trying to run with sqlite3. > I found this problem with refdb-init script also (already reported upstream, marked as closed, probably in svn), that's why I put warning in ebuild and setup database manually as described in docs. it works for me, both from command line and emacs.
(In reply to comment #5) > I found this problem with refdb-init script also (already reported upstream, > marked as closed, probably in svn), that's why I put warning in ebuild and > setup database manually as described in docs. it works for me, both from > command line and emacs. Are you aware of http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158847 ? I simplified ebuild and bumped version to 0.35, as well as adding ~amd64 keyword. Here RefDB works too...so we can slowly improve ebuild to get it into Portage ;) Sincerely, Gour
Hi! I submitted bug for app-vim/ris-1.2 ebuild (see http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159815) which can be used to add support for editing RIS files in (g)vim - very handy for (g)vim users using RefDB. Sincerely, Gour
Created attachment 110833 [details] dev-db/refdb-0.9.8.1.ebuild (version bump + rc script) version bump
Created attachment 110834 [details] dev-db/refdb/files/init.refdb-0.9.8-1 (rc script) crude, but working rc-script /etc/init.d/refdb
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