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On Thursday 31 December 2009 00:40:24 Dale wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> >> On Wednesday 30 December 2009 14:21:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> >>> On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:44:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> >>>>> You need to run eix-remote -q update to have layman overlays added to |
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> >>>>> the eix database. |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> I think he wants to know what overlay a given ebuild is in without |
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> >>>> installing the overlay first |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> eix wwon't show the contents of not-installed overlays |
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> >>> |
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> >>> As it's panto season now - Oh Yes It Will! |
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> >>> |
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> >>> eix-update reads installed overlays but eix-remote downloads a list of |
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> >>> the contents of all layman overlays, giving exactly what Mark wants. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> I hadn't even heard of the trauma overlay, let alone installed it, yet |
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> >>> eix found the ebuild for me. |
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> >> |
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> >> well well whaddaya know |
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> >> |
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> >> it works ! |
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> > |
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> > Humm...so if I would have simply done exactly what Neil suggested I |
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> > would have seen it without actually installing the overlay? Cool. |
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> > |
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> > - Mark |
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> Is this documented anywhere? I would like to see how this works, |
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> without doing it just in case I mess up. lol |
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> |
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> Dale |
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You can't cock it up. If you have eix and layman working (almost everyone here |
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has that): |
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eix-remote -q update |
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eix <something> |
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tada!! |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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