on 07/08/2013 09:39 PM Martin Vaeth wrote the following: > Thanasis <thana...@asyr.hopto.org> wrote: >> >> So in /etc/eixrc/00-eixrc I have set >> KEEP_VIRTUALS=true >> REMOTE_DEFAULT=1 > > With the current default setting of separate databases for the > local eix cache (normally /var/cache/eix/portage.eix) and > for the remote eix cache (/var/cache/eix/remote.eix), > KEEP_VIRTUALS=true makes no sense: > > The purpose of KEEP_VIRTUALS=true was to update the local > cache data without changing the remote data with eix-update > (if both are in the same file). > > However, especially if you set REMOTE_DEFAULT you should call > eix-remote add1 > after every eix-sync so that your local eix cache is > copied into the remote eix cache > (see the manpage how to do this automatically with eix-sync). >
Thanks, Martin. So, if I understand correctly, I _don't_ need any settings, and I should remove both KEEP_VIRTUALS and REMOTE_DEFAULT, and just use the -R option when I want to search the remote cache and no option for searching the local (installed) overlays and portage, is that correct?
