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Excellent. thank you. Both responses are very helpful. |
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Alan |
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:06 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:25:12 -0500, Alan Warren wrote: |
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> > I'm surprised packages in overlays take precedence over portage. |
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> > Is |
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> > there any way to get a single package from an overlay without taking |
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> > "everything" ? |
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> An overlay has to take precedence, otherwise putting a fixed ebuild in |
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> your local overlay will have no effect. |
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> > Is |
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> > there any way to get a single package from an overlay without taking |
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> > "everything" ? |
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> What I do it ad the overlay with layman, so it is kept up to date, but |
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> don't add it to make.conf. Then I symlink the packages I want from that |
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> overlay to my local overlay. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> You are about to give someone a piece of your mind, |
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> something you can ill afford... |
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