On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:19:03 +0100, Willie WY Wong wrote: > > The way I do this is to layman -a the overlay but not put it in > > make.conf. Then I symlink only the ebuilds I want to my local > > overlay. By symlinking instead of copying, I automatically get > > updates to that package. > > > Neat! I should've thought of that. > > I guess you actually symlink the directory?
Yes. > Would there be any problem with eclass and such? There may be, either with an eclass or a dependency version that only exists in the overlay. Sometimes I've had to symlink a dependency or two too. I don't recall ever hitting this with an eclass, but it is possible. -- Neil Bothwick THE BORG: Calm, Cool and Collective...
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