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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Wednesday 30 December 2009 14:21:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>>> On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:44:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>>>>> You need to run eix-remote -q update to have layman overlays added to |
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>>>>> the eix database. |
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>>>> I think he wants to know what overlay a given ebuild is in without |
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>>>> installing the overlay first |
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>>>> eix wwon't show the contents of not-installed overlays |
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>>> As it's panto season now - Oh Yes It Will! |
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>>> eix-update reads installed overlays but eix-remote downloads a list of |
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>>> the contents of all layman overlays, giving exactly what Mark wants. |
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>>> I hadn't even heard of the trauma overlay, let alone installed it, yet |
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>>> eix found the ebuild for me. |
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>> well well whaddaya know |
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>> it works ! |
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> Humm...so if I would have simply done exactly what Neil suggested I |
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> would have seen it without actually installing the overlay? Cool. |
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> - Mark |
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Is this documented anywhere? I would like to see how this works, |
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without doing it just in case I mess up. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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