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On Friday 15 Jul 2011 09:38:22 Thanasis wrote: |
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> on 07/15/2011 11:20 AM Thanasis wrote the following: |
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> > on 07/15/2011 10:54 AM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: |
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> >> "eix-remote update" adds the contents of layman-supported overlays to |
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> >> the eix database, then eix finds the packages i the normal way. Just |
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> >> run eix-remote after eix-update. |
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> > |
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> > I had done that, but had run eix-update afterwards, without knowing the |
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> > consequences ... |
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> > Why does eix-update cancel/delete the "eix-remote update" data? |
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> > Shouldn't be better for eix-update to have a switch to choose whether we |
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> > want to do that, and not being default? |
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> > |
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> > Thanks (Dale and Neil) |
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> |
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> Found the answer: |
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> set KEEP_VIRTUALS=true in /etc/eixrc (or ~/.eixrc) |
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I'm sure there's an online searchy-thingy for overlays, but can't recall where |
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I saw it mentioned. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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