-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 24/03/14 21:33, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > What happens (and does it harm) if I use different combinations of > overlays at different times?
Generally speaking, I think it would be safer to remain with the packages that are provided through the normal portage tree (particularly for system-related packages) unless there is a specific reason you need to move to the non-official version (and have reasonable assurance/confidence that it will function correctly). The risk would be that the functionality provided by the superseded package is broken - in the case of eselect, setting and maintaining system-wide symlinks could be broken or (unlikely, but worst-case scenario) completely mangled. As a general rule-of-thumb, I think it's good practise when adding overlays that replace system-critical packages to mask all packages from the overlay and selectively unmask those that you want. It all depends, really, on what you're trying to do and how confident you feel that the packages provided won't break the system. > Many thanks for a "mini-tutorial" or reference to those, http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay#Using_unsafe_overlays Hope this helps. Cheers; - -- wraeth GnuPG Fingerprint: D1FF 129E 77EF FD1F CEA4 F384 1989 6A1D E411 864C -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlMwFA4ACgkQGYlqHeQRhkwpEwD/T3J+c6Vojy3+2iGHtpxAMgir ROaeU4t2OjFXlJJSB5oA/0cYw8TWlwtuWEeAIOGNY280xyiwpFFK7CjOk/+FDn4C =OpHQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
