1 |
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
2 |
> On Thursday 31 December 2009 00:40:24 Dale wrote: |
3 |
>> Mark Knecht wrote: |
4 |
>> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
5 |
> wrote: |
6 |
>> >> On Wednesday 30 December 2009 14:21:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
7 |
>> >>> On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:44:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
8 |
>> >>>>> You need to run eix-remote -q update to have layman overlays added to |
9 |
>> >>>>> the eix database. |
10 |
>> >>>> |
11 |
>> >>>> I think he wants to know what overlay a given ebuild is in without |
12 |
>> >>>> installing the overlay first |
13 |
>> >>>> |
14 |
>> >>>> eix wwon't show the contents of not-installed overlays |
15 |
>> >>> |
16 |
>> >>> As it's panto season now - Oh Yes It Will! |
17 |
>> >>> |
18 |
>> >>> eix-update reads installed overlays but eix-remote downloads a list of |
19 |
>> >>> the contents of all layman overlays, giving exactly what Mark wants. |
20 |
>> >>> |
21 |
>> >>> I hadn't even heard of the trauma overlay, let alone installed it, yet |
22 |
>> >>> eix found the ebuild for me. |
23 |
>> >> |
24 |
>> >> well well whaddaya know |
25 |
>> >> |
26 |
>> >> it works ! |
27 |
>> > |
28 |
>> > Humm...so if I would have simply done exactly what Neil suggested I |
29 |
>> > would have seen it without actually installing the overlay? Cool. |
30 |
>> > |
31 |
>> > - Mark |
32 |
>> |
33 |
>> Is this documented anywhere? I would like to see how this works, |
34 |
>> without doing it just in case I mess up. lol |
35 |
>> |
36 |
>> Dale |
37 |
> |
38 |
> |
39 |
> You can't cock it up. If you have eix and layman working (almost everyone here |
40 |
> has that): |
41 |
> |
42 |
> eix-remote -q update |
43 |
> |
44 |
> eix <something> |
45 |
> |
46 |
> tada!! |
47 |
|
48 |
I was like Dale which is why I didn't try it when Neil suggested it |
49 |
this morning. eix-remote --help says it downloads eix-caches which to |
50 |
someone who doesn't program this stuff sounded like something I |
51 |
couldn't fix myself. |
52 |
|
53 |
- Mark |