If you emerge -p dev-java/oracle-jre-bin you'll get something like * Please download jre-8u172-linux-x64.tar.gz and move it to * /var/tmp/tmpjlo2s8yc/portage/dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.172/distdir So you do the thing (starting with mkdir -p to make the whole path) and try emerge dev-java/oracle-jre-bin (BTW all this is with ">=dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.162-r1:1.8 Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" in package.license) and instead of it working now you get * Fetch failed for 'dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.172', Log file: * '/var/tmp/portage/dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.172/temp/build.log' * Please download jre-8u172-linux-x64.tar.gz and move it to * /var/tmp/portage/dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.172/distdir: So you do THAT thing but you get the same ration when you try to emerge the package. It turns out the fix is to copy the file to /usr/portage/distfiles. Ebuild needs to either expect what it says to do or say what it expects.
Yeah, that's a relatively new problem arising from a change in Portage. I did notice it last night when bumping it but it was way past my bedtime and a security bump is more important. I don't think there's a variable we can use now so in other ebuilds, I have simply replaced it with "your distfiles directory". Will do that here ASAP.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=2412c81c3b593ec453042a9d3471e677a774c08b commit 2412c81c3b593ec453042a9d3471e677a774c08b Author: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-04-23 20:39:02 +0000 Commit: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-04-23 20:42:06 +0000 dev-java/oracle-jre-bin: Replace broken ${DISTDIR} message Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/653894 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.31, Repoman-2.3.9 dev-java/oracle-jre-bin/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.162-r1.ebuild | 2 +- dev-java/oracle-jre-bin/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.172.ebuild | 2 +- dev-java/oracle-jre-bin/oracle-jre-bin-9.0.4-r1.ebuild | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=39c4d34ffa54b5701ddb8ff49e1858b89baa7c86 commit 39c4d34ffa54b5701ddb8ff49e1858b89baa7c86 Author: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-04-23 20:38:03 +0000 Commit: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-04-23 20:42:04 +0000 dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin: Replace broken ${DISTDIR} message Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/653894 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.31, Repoman-2.3.9 dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.162-r1.ebuild | 2 +- dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.172.ebuild | 2 +- dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/oracle-jdk-bin-9.0.4-r2.ebuild | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=37019f9f72392ad5ff343e190dfc6920332c5136 commit 37019f9f72392ad5ff343e190dfc6920332c5136 Author: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-04-23 20:37:27 +0000 Commit: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-04-23 20:42:03 +0000 dev-java/java-sdk-docs: Replace broken ${DISTDIR} message Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/653894 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.31, Repoman-2.3.9 dev-java/java-sdk-docs/java-sdk-docs-1.8.0.172.ebuild | 2 +- dev-java/java-sdk-docs/java-sdk-docs-9.0.4.ebuild | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
