If my package.mask is empty, eix-test-obsolete runs fine. If I have
this in package.mask:
*/*::init6
eix-test-obsolete find over 27,000 packages under this heading:
Redundant in /etc/portage/package.mask:
... considered as REDUNDANT_IF_MASK_NO_CHANGE
Adding the following to
in package.mask:
*/*::init6
eix-test-obsolete find over 27,000 packages under this heading:
Redundant in /etc/portage/package.mask:
... considered as REDUNDANT_IF_MASK_NO_CHANGE
The reason for this is the following:
Since the category and package is */*, your mask can match every
This really freaks out eix-test-obsolete. Does anyone know of a way to
install only certain packages from a layman overlay and
use eix-test-obsolete?
I don't add such overlays to make conf. Instead, I symlink directories
for
the packages I want into my local overlay.
I did that, too.
I also get 376 matches from Not installed but in
/etc/portage/package.mask which are surely the packages in my overlays
masked by */* but not installed. Do you know the name of this test so I
can disable it in eixrc?
REDUNDANT_IF_IN_MASK (or in /etc/portage/package.nowarn: in_mask)
I think
I think what we really need is a better way
to install only certain packages from an overlay.
This is against the idea of an overlay: If you want only cerain packages
copy them into your local overlay and do not add the whole overlay
to portage. (But you might get troubles if you do not use
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:32:01 -0800, Grant wrote:
This is against the idea of an overlay: If you want only cerain
packages copy them into your local overlay and do not add the whole
overlay to portage. (But you might get troubles if you do not use
eclasses or other ebuilds from the overlay
This is against the idea of an overlay: If you want only cerain
packages copy them into your local overlay and do not add the whole
overlay to portage. (But you might get troubles if you do not use
eclasses or other ebuilds from the overlay which might contain
corresponding
On 12/09/2012 01:13 AM, Grant wrote:
I need to be able to install only certain packages from a layman overlay
so I do stuff like this:
package.mask:
*/*::perl-experimental
package.unmask:
perl-core/CPAN::perl-experimental
This really freaks out eix-test-obsolete. Does anyone know of
On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 22:13:16 -0800, Grant wrote:
This really freaks out eix-test-obsolete. Does anyone know of a way to
install only certain packages from a layman overlay and
use eix-test-obsolete?
I don't add such overlays to make conf. Instead, I symlink directories for
the packages I want
On 12/09/2012 11:10:52 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 22:13:16 -0800, Grant wrote:
This really freaks out eix-test-obsolete. Does anyone know of a
way to
install only certain packages from a layman overlay and
use eix-test-obsolete?
I don't add such overlays to make conf.
I need to be able to install only certain packages from a layman overlay
so I do stuff like this:
package.mask:
*/*::perl-experimental
package.unmask:
perl-core/CPAN::perl-experimental
This really freaks out eix-test-obsolete. Does anyone know of a way to
install only
in package.mask:
*/*::init6
eix-test-obsolete find over 27,000 packages under this heading:
Redundant in /etc/portage/package.mask:
... considered as REDUNDANT_IF_MASK_NO_CHANGE
The reason for this is the following:
Since the category and package is */*, your mask can match every
package -
On 12/09/2012 04:01 PM, Grant wrote:
If my package.mask is empty, eix-test-obsolete runs fine. If I have
this in package.mask:
*/*::init6
eix-test-obsolete find over 27,000 packages under this heading:
Redundant in /etc/portage/package.mask:
... considered as
I need to be able to install only certain packages from a layman overlay so
I do stuff like this:
package.mask:
*/*::perl-experimental
package.unmask:
perl-core/CPAN::perl-experimental
This really freaks out eix-test-obsolete. Does anyone know of a way to
install only certain packages from a
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