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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> 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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>> > 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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>> > eix wwon't show the contents of not-installed overlays |
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>> As it's panto season now - Oh Yes It Will! |
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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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>> 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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> well well whaddaya know |
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> it works ! |
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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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- Mark |
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