On Friday 15 Jul 2011 09:38:22 Thanasis wrote: > on 07/15/2011 11:20 AM Thanasis wrote the following: > > on 07/15/2011 10:54 AM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: > >> "eix-remote update" adds the contents of layman-supported overlays to > >> the eix database, then eix finds the packages i the normal way. Just > >> run eix-remote after eix-update. > > > > I had done that, but had run eix-update afterwards, without knowing the > > consequences ... > > Why does eix-update cancel/delete the "eix-remote update" data? > > Shouldn't be better for eix-update to have a switch to choose whether we > > want to do that, and not being default? > > > > Thanks (Dale and Neil) > > Found the answer: > set KEEP_VIRTUALS=true in /etc/eixrc (or ~/.eixrc)
I'm sure there's an online searchy-thingy for overlays, but can't recall where I saw it mentioned. -- Regards, Mick
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