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On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:31:05 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> 1) What if I want to use the standard ebuild and ignore my local ebuild |
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> (probably quite rare)? |
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> 2) How would I select the the specific version I want (they all have the |
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> same ebuild name) if I have multiple local overlays? |
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> I could tweak the overlays setting in /etc/make.conf or rename a local |
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> overlay directory, so that it doesn't get seen as an overlay, but that |
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> seems rather heavy-handed. |
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The last named overlay has the highest priority, the standard portage |
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tree the lowest. Rather than mess with make.conf, you could override |
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PORTDIR_OVERLAY on the command line |
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PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/my/preferred/overlay" emerge foo |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I have seen the truth, and it makes no sense. |
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