Robert Buchholz wrote: > # emerge --update lsof @system > > versus > > # emerge --update l...@system > > would have completely different meanings. This is what I would dislike > about the '@' character. I'm ok with :: though.
I agree the :: looks like the better option here. > If we use repo_name as the overlay identifier, we must rethink how > layman-global.txt is currently handled. Many overlays in there have > that file missing, and some have different identifiers than what layman > displays as their name. I think layman should simply start to use the repo_name as identifier. That should result in less confusion, I'd think. Overlays that miss the repo_name file are broken and should be fixed, and should be ignored until they are. Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc) Gentoo Linux Release Engineering PR liaison ______________________________________________________
