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On 2010-05-26 8:35 PM, Frank Peters wrote: |
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> There are some requests on bugs.gentoo.org that package.provided be |
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> extended in various ways. In my opinion, package.provided should |
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> accomplish just what the name implies. It should indicate that the |
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> Gentoo user has compiled his own version of an ebuild (for whatever |
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> reason) and if a newer ebuild exists, regardless of dependencies, |
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> this should be indicated to the user (as it is with a normally |
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> emerged ebuild). |
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Isn't that what your local overlay is for? |
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It sounds like you added a package that wasn't yet available in the main |
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gentoo repo, then later, an updated package became available in the main |
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gentoo repo, and you want that update to be applied? |
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That is what your local overlay is for - so you can add your own |
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packages, but updates from the main repo will still be available. |
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