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From: Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.belardi@××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] linuxtv-dvb-headers gone virtual blocks mythtv overlay
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:02:44
Message-Id: 4F3E0960.4030702@st.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] linuxtv-dvb-headers gone virtual blocks mythtv overlay by Alan McKinnon
1 On 02/17/2012 08:48 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:19:33 +0100
3 > Your changes will be overwritten and reverted next time you resync the
4 > portage tree and every time thereafter.
5 >
6 > Editing the ebuild is not the simplest route, it is a vastly more
7 > complex route. Instead, put the ebuild in the local overlay where
8 > portage knows not to touch it. A local overlay does not require layman.
9
10 The change was done in the mythtv overlay (/usr/local/mythtv_portage/),
11 would that be overwritten by a resync? I understood that overlay gets
12 updated only when there is a mythtv update upstream.
13
14 raf

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Re: [gentoo-user] linuxtv-dvb-headers gone virtual blocks mythtv overlay Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>