On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:31:05 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > 1) What if I want to use the standard ebuild and ignore my local ebuild > (probably quite rare)? > > 2) How would I select the the specific version I want (they all have the > same ebuild name) if I have multiple local overlays? > > I could tweak the overlays setting in /etc/make.conf or rename a local > overlay directory, so that it doesn't get seen as an overlay, but that > seems rather heavy-handed.
The last named overlay has the highest priority, the standard portage tree the lowest. Rather than mess with make.conf, you could override PORTDIR_OVERLAY on the command line PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/my/preferred/overlay" emerge foo -- Neil Bothwick I have seen the truth, and it makes no sense.
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