Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eix-test-obsolete problem
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:46:40
Message-Id: 20080307094625.5f74ad7c@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] eix-test-obsolete problem by Shaochun Wang
1 On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:50:57 +0800, Shaochun Wang wrote:
2
3 > It seems that there is no cache in the portage overlays, so update-eix
4 > can't get the package information in these overlay.
5
6 That's normal. eix still gets the information, by reading the filesystem.
7 The cache is simply a way of speeding u this process for large trees.
8
9 > What can I do to get the local overlay picked by eix?
10
11 It should already, if you search for a package that has an ebuild in the
12 overlay, it should display it, along with the name of the overlay.
13
14 % eix openchrome
15 * x11-drivers/xf86-video-openchrome [1]
16 Available versions: 0.2.901 {dri}
17 Description: VIA unichrome graphics driver
18
19 [1] "digimed" /mnt/portage/local
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23 Neil Bothwick
24
25 Modesty Becomes You. Try It More Often.

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