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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] subclipse???
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:02:42
Message-Id: 200912301500.46686.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] subclipse??? by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wednesday 30 December 2009 14:21:01 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:44:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 > > > You need to run eix-remote -q update to have layman overlays added to
4 > > > the eix database.
5 > >
6 > > I think he wants to know what overlay a given ebuild is in without
7 > > installing the overlay first
8 > >
9 > > eix wwon't show the contents of not-installed overlays
10 >
11 > As it's panto season now - Oh Yes It Will!
12 >
13 > eix-update reads installed overlays but eix-remote downloads a list of
14 > the contents of all layman overlays, giving exactly what Mark wants.
15 >
16 > I hadn't even heard of the trauma overlay, let alone installed it, yet
17 > eix found the ebuild for me.
18 >
19
20 well well whaddaya know
21
22 it works !
23
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26 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] subclipse??? Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>