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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:26:52
Message-Id: ZLAC/0Y1tGjgtH0kxeJIyi@liBFzz3yRQ8MSl8V/pdxE
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 03/16/2015 12:15:43 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:02:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 >
4 > > > Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no.
5 > > > Still,
6 > > >
7 > > > emerge -avu @world
8 > > > considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no.
9 > >
10 > >
11 > > I see now. When you said "update" I assumed you meant sync.
12 > > update as in emerge world is different.
13 > >
14 > >
15 > > Does the option "priority", set per-repo, and documented here:
16 > >
17 > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync
18 > >
19 > > fit your needs?
20 >
21 > If the overlays are managed by layman, check out the --enable and
22 > --disable options for layman.
23 >
24
25 Thanks Neil, that seems to be exactly what I was looking for.
26 Currently I still have a problem.
27
28 After
29 layman -D ALL
30 which proceeded without any error message.
31 I tried, e.g.,
32 layman -E science
33
34 which gives me
35 Exception caught enabling repository "science": Section 'science' already exists
36
37 Helmut.