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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: repos.conf migration lost overlay priority
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:25:46
Message-Id: mbnlsf$bnu$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] repos.conf migration lost overlay priority by Andrew Savchenko
1 On 13/02/15 22:16, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
2 > On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:29:07 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 >> I migrated my portage config to the new repos.conf system. I now have a
4 >> file /etc/portage/repos.conf/local.conf:
5 >>
6 >> [Local]
7 >> location = /usr/local/portage
8 >> auto-sync = no
9 >
10 >> And removed the path from make.conf.
11 >>
12 >> However, now layman overlays override my local repo. If I copy an ebuild
13 >> to /usr/local/portage (for modifications) and try to emerge it, it is
14 >> not emerged. Instead, the ebuild from the other overlay is emerged.
15 >>
16 >> How do I make my local overlay have the highest priority so that it
17 >> overrides *everything*?
18 >
19 > Try to add
20 > priority = 100
21 > to local.conf
22
23 Thanks! That works. To be sure, I used 99999999.
24
25 On a side note, someone should inform the portage devs that higher
26 priorities should equal lower numbers. Don't do it the opposite way to
27 the rest of the world, please :-P

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