On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:07:39 +0100, Kai Krakow wrote: > > > Another option is to copy/symlink the specific package you want > > > from the bar overlay to your local overlay and do not include the > > > bar overlay in repos.conf. > > > > Sorry for being dense. Do you mean first add the overlay with > > 'layman -a bar', then symlink the particular package to my local > > overlay? How will I be updating this package in the future, if I do > > not have the 'bar' overlay settings > > in /etc/portage/repos.conf/layman.conf? > > > > I'm trying to understand the benefit of doing it as you suggest > > above ... :-/ > > You could package.mask */*::bar and then only unmask the needed bits.
That does seem a cleaner way of doing it. When I first did this, that option wasn't available. -- Neil Bothwick Hell: Filling out the paperwork to get into Heaven.
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