On 08/07/2013 09:56, Thanasis wrote: > on 07/07/2013 11:58 PM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: >> On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 19:52:31 +0300, Thanasis wrote: >> >>> I would like to use eix and (updating it via cron job) be able to search >>> locally *all* layman overlays. >>> What commands and settings should I use? >> >> LOCAL_LAYMAN=/path/to/layman/storage eix-remote -q update >> >> > > I don't have a local overlay, and the default path for layman overlays > is /var/lib/layman/<overlay>, so I guess I don't have to set the > LOCAL_LAYMAN variable, do I? > > The problem is that after updating (by running the command eix-remote > update). I still don't get the results expected when doing a search, eg: > > # eix -l games-engines/spring > No matches found. > > whereas it should list that there is a match in the sabayon (layman) > overlay (though not installed) like: > > spring-88.0 ~amd64 ~x86 > > because, at least, the above is what I get by using the > http://gpo.zugaina.org/ search at > http://gpo.zugaina.org/games-engines/spring > > So, I guess, I must be missing something in my eix configuration, don't > I? Besides, under /etc I only have /etc/eixrc/00-eixrc which is the > default (all lines in it are comments). >
You are trying to do something the software does not support. eix will index your *installed* overlays, not all possible overlays that could be out there. There is no way I know of to do that, and even if there was a way, it would be a rather dumb idea. That's what Google is for. -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
