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On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:19:03 +0100, Willie WY Wong wrote: |
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> > The way I do this is to layman -a the overlay but not put it in |
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> > make.conf. Then I symlink only the ebuilds I want to my local |
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> > overlay. By symlinking instead of copying, I automatically get |
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> > updates to that package. |
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> Neat! I should've thought of that. |
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> I guess you actually symlink the directory? |
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Yes. |
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> Would there be any problem with eclass and such? |
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There may be, either with an eclass or a dependency version that only |
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exists in the overlay. Sometimes I've had to symlink a dependency or two |
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too. I don't recall ever hitting this with an eclass, but it is possible. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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