on Wednesday 03/21/2007 Nelson, David J([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John covici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 21 March 2007 10:30 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the deal with no gnome 2.18 in > > portage? > > > > nope, this completely ignores the overlays -- it does have [1] and [2] > > at the end each followed by the name of an overlay directory, but it > > never gets any ebuilds from either of them. > > > > I would check overlay setup and also try `emerge > =exact-group/exact-package-2.18.whatever` i.e. specify the specific ebuild > you wish to emerge? I have used overlays before for xgl and for init-ng but > both were a few months ago so please feel free to correct me if I am missing > something.
Seems most of the packages are masked so I have to find each one and put them in package.keywords -- yuck. > > PS (to all): > 1) Please trim crap out of messages you send to this list: e.g. that junk at > the end of previous emails > 2) Please don't top post as it makes threads harder to follow > 3) Please don't use HTML email if you can help it > > Cheers, > > > -- > djn > > I do not represent anyone else in emails I send to this list. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list