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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about selecting ebuilds from local overlay
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:02:33
Message-Id: 201010161800.43153.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about selecting ebuilds from local overlay by Neil Bothwick
1 On Friday 15 October 2010 08:49:29 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:31:05 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
3 > > 1) What if I want to use the standard ebuild and ignore my local ebuild
4 > > (probably quite rare)?
5 > >
6 > > 2) How would I select the the specific version I want (they all have the
7 > > same ebuild name) if I have multiple local overlays?
8 > >
9 > > I could tweak the overlays setting in /etc/make.conf or rename a local
10 > >
11 > > overlay directory, so that it doesn't get seen as an overlay, but that
12 > > seems rather heavy-handed.
13 >
14 > The last named overlay has the highest priority, the standard portage
15 > tree the lowest. Rather than mess with make.conf, you could override
16 > PORTDIR_OVERLAY on the command line
17 >
18 > PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/my/preferred/overlay" emerge foo
19
20 What will happen at the next emerge uaDv world?
21 --
22 Regards,
23 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about selecting ebuilds from local overlay Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>