http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/ as said, new version avaible. will try renaming the ebuild tomorrow and post result then.
no, just renaming the ebuild isn't enough -> i get these errors during merging: ~~~~ ... >>> Unpacking skype_ver-0_92_0_2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 39: cd: /var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2: No such file or directory >>> Source unpacked. >>> Install skype-0.92.0.2 into /var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/image/ category net-im install: cannot stat `skype': No such file or directory install: cannot stat `call_in.wav': No such file or directory install: cannot stat `*.qm': No such file or directory mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/16': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/skype_16_32.png': No such file or directory install: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/16/skype.png': No such file or directory mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/24': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/skype_24_32.png': No such file or directory install: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/24/skype.png': No such file or directory mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/32': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/skype_32_32.png': No such file or directory install: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/32/skype.png': No such file or directory mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/48': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/skype_48_32.png': No such file or directory install: cannot stat `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/work/skype_ver_0_92_0_2/icons/48/skype.png': No such file or directory chown: cannot access `/var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/image//opt/skype/skype': No such file or directory man: prepallstrip: strip: >>> Completed installing into /var/tmp/portage/skype-0.92.0.2/image/ ... ~~~~
Well have no idea what the time diference was but there is a version ebuild for skype 0.92.0.2 in portage for some time now. And it merges ok :) Thanks for the note on the info.