on 01/27/2014 12:38 AM Alan McKinnon wrote the following: > On 27/01/2014 00:12, Thanasis wrote: >> I am following stable (ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"). >> In order to install the "mate" desktop I need to install the mate >> overlay and keyword all its packages as ~amd64. >> Is there a way to do it easily for the whole overlay? > > As far as I'm aware, this is not part of portage or layman's feature > set. I've seen a few overlays that provide a package.accept_keywords > file you can symlink to, but this is just a convenience. It is neither > required nor the norm. > > I suggest you script it somehow. Alan's blunt instrument first cut > attempt (guaranteed to be buggy as all hell): > > find /var/lib/layman/<some_overlay>/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d > -wholename "*-*/*" | cut -f6-7 -d/ >> > /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/<some_overlay> > >
Thanks Alan, although obviously I should adopt Michael's inherent to portage solution: */*::overlay-name ~amd64
