On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:32:12PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 05:41:28PM -0400, Owen Gunden wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 02:31:17PM +0100, Peter Ruskin wrote:
> > > On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 12:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > When this new version appears in portage, how can
> > > > I have it automatically replacing my local ebuild?
> > > 
> > > Don't worry, it will do that by itself.
> > 
> > Are you sure about that?  It sounds like he wants the gentoo version of
> > icewm-1.2.8 to override his local version of icewm-1.2.8 (same
> > version/revision) when it comes out.
> 
> That is exactly what I want.
> 
> > AFAIK any ebuilds in your
> > PORTDIR_OVERLAY will continue to take precedence over the gentoo ebuilds
> > unless the gentoo version or revision is newer.  
> 
> > Maybe negative revisions or something creative like that would solve this
> > problem?
> 
> Is negative revisions a feature in portage, or something yet to
> be implemented?

It's just a crazy idea I had.  At any rate, it appears that I was wrong
when said that PORTDIR_OVERLAY ebuilds take precedence.  See Peter's
second post.  

Cheers,
Owen

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