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On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:24:33 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > No, you only do that if the original is not available. Copy the whole |
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> > sys-fs/udev directory to your overlay then remove the files you don't |
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> > need |
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> Well, that presupposes I know what files I need and what files I don't |
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> need... |
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> The problem is I don't... |
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> I can *guess* that all I need is the ebuild file, the files dir, and |
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> maybe the Manifest and metadata.xml files... |
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Just delete the unneeded ebuilds, there may be other unnecessary files |
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but they won't do any harm (unless your filesystem is already 99% full). |
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> > and rebuild the manifest. |
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> Ok, I've done this, but it still wants to install udev-200... it also |
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> mentions, and I confirmed, that udev-171 is masked in |
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> /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, so, presumably, I need to comment |
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> these out too? |
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What you need to do is read man portage. Any changes to files |
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in /usr/portage will be wiped out next time you sync, you need to make |
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changes in /etc/portage, as detailed in the man page. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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