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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
