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From: Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge --search can't find local ebuild?
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:28:48
Message-Id: g1k172$ud6$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --search can't find local ebuild? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 2008-05-28, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Wed, 28 May 2008 15:21:53 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
3 >
4 >> I can't figure out why "emerge --search" can't find a local
5 >> ebuild, but "emerge -av" can:
6 >
7 > The man page states:
8 >
9 > --search (-s)
10 > Searches for matches of the supplied string in the portage tree.
11 >
12 > It only mentions the portage tree, not overlays.
13
14 emerge --search finds other packages in overlays just fine.
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