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From: Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Repository stacking and complementary overlays
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:47:42
Message-Id: 6142e6140903050547y615d0f52i42053a30dc9dd7a1@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Repository stacking and complementary overlays by "Marijn Schouten (hkBst)"
1 2009/3/5 Marijn Schouten (hkBst) <hkBst@g.o>:
2 >
3 > The problem of ebuilds in one overlay not seeing ebuilds in another overlay,
4 > would also be solved by the package manager NOT failing to see/notice/use/allow
5 > ebuilds from all installed overlays. Then there would be no need for a hierarchy
6 > among overlays.
7
8 Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but why not making the
9 profile only affect the corresponding repository and allow repository
10 aware configuration (make.conf and /etc/portage/* in case of portage
11 being the package manager)? That way repository based masking and
12 unmasking would be possible.
13
14 --
15 Regards,
16 Daniel