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From: Jeremy Olexa <darkside@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] Tell ecopy what to copy
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:43:38
Message-Id: 4D5FC8EF.7070509@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-alt] Tell ecopy what to copy by Sven Schwyn
1 On 02/19/2011 05:58 AM, Sven Schwyn wrote:
2 > Hi
3 >
4 > I've prefixed dev-lang/v8-2.5.9.15, however yesterday v8-3.0.12.18 went stable in the main portage tree. So I'd like to ecopy this version as well and move the mods over.
5 >
6 > However, "ecopy dev-lang/v8" does only copy v8-9999 and no other version. How does ecopy decide which ebuilds to copy - and can I alter this behavior?
7 >
8 > Thanks! -sven
9
10
11 % ./ecopy
12 * usage: ecopy <category>/<package>
13 * - make sure the scripts directory from the overlay is in your path
14 * - make sure you call ecopy from the root of the overlay
15 * - you can also specify a specific version, using the '=' prefix
16 * and appending a version
17 * ecopy is a best effort script only. It doesn't guarantee a working
18 * result
19
20 So, "ecopy =dev-lang/v8-3.0.12.18" should work.
21 -Jeremy