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On 08/07/2013 09:56, Thanasis wrote: |
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> on 07/07/2013 11:58 PM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: |
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>> On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 19:52:31 +0300, Thanasis wrote: |
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>>> I would like to use eix and (updating it via cron job) be able to search |
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>>> locally *all* layman overlays. |
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>>> What commands and settings should I use? |
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>> LOCAL_LAYMAN=/path/to/layman/storage eix-remote -q update |
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> I don't have a local overlay, and the default path for layman overlays |
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> is /var/lib/layman/<overlay>, so I guess I don't have to set the |
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> LOCAL_LAYMAN variable, do I? |
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> The problem is that after updating (by running the command eix-remote |
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> update). I still don't get the results expected when doing a search, eg: |
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> # eix -l games-engines/spring |
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> No matches found. |
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> whereas it should list that there is a match in the sabayon (layman) |
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> overlay (though not installed) like: |
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> spring-88.0 ~amd64 ~x86 |
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> because, at least, the above is what I get by using the |
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> http://gpo.zugaina.org/ search at |
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> http://gpo.zugaina.org/games-engines/spring |
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> So, I guess, I must be missing something in my eix configuration, don't |
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> I? Besides, under /etc I only have /etc/eixrc/00-eixrc which is the |
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> default (all lines in it are comments). |
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You are trying to do something the software does not support. |
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eix will index your *installed* overlays, not all possible overlays that |
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could be out there. There is no way I know of to do that, and even if |
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there was a way, it would be a rather dumb idea. |
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That's what Google is for. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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