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From: James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] perl eclass review - EAPI=3 + new helper eclass
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:27:42
Message-Id: m36344slr9.fsf@lugabout.jhcloos.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] perl eclass review - EAPI=3 + new helper eclass by Zac Medico
1 >>>>> "ZM" == Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> writes:
2
3 ZM> You can configure eclass override behavior via eclass-overrides in
4 ZM> /etc/portage/repos.conf, as documented in `man portage`.
5
6 ,----< From that manpage >
7 | When using eclass-overrides, due to bug #276264, you must ensure that
8 | your portage tree does not contain a metadata/cache/ directory.
9 `----
10
11 Which translates into "eclass-orderrides are completely and entirely
12 useless, so don't bother.
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14 Portage used to used to search for eclasses starting in the top overlay;
15 it should not have changed.
16
17 -JimC
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19 James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6

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