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> I also get 376 matches from "Not installed but in |
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> /etc/portage/package.mask" which are surely the packages in my overlays |
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> masked by */* but not installed. Do you know the name of this test so I |
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> can disable it in eixrc? |
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REDUNDANT_IF_IN_MASK (or in /etc/portage/package.nowarn: in_mask) |
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> I think what we really need is a better way |
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> to install only certain packages from an overlay. |
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This is against the idea of an overlay: If you want only cerain packages |
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copy them into your local overlay and do not add the whole overlay |
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to portage. (But you might get troubles if you do not use eclasses |
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or other ebuilds from the overlay which might contain corresponding |
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patches). |
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With eix you can still index such non-used overlays by using scripts |
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like eix-layman (or more manually by setting ADD_OVERLAY in /etc/eixrc). |
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For recent portage versions there was also a possibility to |
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set global overlay order (IIRC by /etc/portage/overlay.conf or |
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something similar; I do not remember since I never needed it). |
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