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On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 08:28, Sebastian Werner wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> I want to use the beta version of gimp. So I unmask gimp in |
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> package.mask. But each rsync this file will be overwritten and I have to |
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> modify it again. We have a portage overlay support now... what's about |
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> to add a /usr/portage.local/profiles/package.ok which overrides |
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> package.mask in /usr/portage? Is it possible to implement something like |
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> this. I have some more programs which are declared as beta but I want to |
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> use :) |
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> |
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It doesn't exist as yet, but it is in development. There is at least |
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one bug on bugs.gentoo.org where the devs are discussing this. |
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At the moment your best bet is to copy the gimp directory to your |
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PORTAGE_OVERLAY directory. Local ebuild are not checked against the |
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package.mask file. |
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Troy Dack |
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