Excellent. thank you. Both responses are very helpful. Alan
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:06 AM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:25:12 -0500, Alan Warren wrote: > > > I'm surprised packages in overlays take precedence over portage. > > > Is > > there any way to get a single package from an overlay without taking > > "everything" ? > > An overlay has to take precedence, otherwise putting a fixed ebuild in > your local overlay will have no effect. > > > Is > > there any way to get a single package from an overlay without taking > > "everything" ? > > What I do it ad the overlay with layman, so it is kept up to date, but > don't add it to make.conf. Then I symlink the packages I want from that > overlay to my local overlay. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > You are about to give someone a piece of your mind, > something you can ill afford... >
