I've just started to use layman tools and wondered if setting such things as /etc/portage/package.use would still be done in that same place and same way?
I want to install an overlay of emacs-cvs but with different use flags I'm following along with the instruction at: http://www.enigmacurry.com/2007/05/24/multi-tty-emacs-on-gentoo-and-ubuntu/ On my laptop I run Gentoo Linux. Getting the latest version of Emacs on Gentoo was a breeze! : * Setup Layman * Add the emacs overlay: sudo layman -a emacs * Add the following USE flags for app-editors/emacs-cvs: sudo flagedit app-editors/emacs-cvs X Xaw3d alsa gif gzip-el jpeg lesstif png sound spell tiff toolkit-scroll-bars xpm -gtk -hesiod -motif -source. * GTK support is explicitly turned off as it causes problems with multi-TTY. This is no biggie for me as I always have (menu-bar-mode -1) and (tool-bar-mode -1) set. * Emerge: sudo emerge emacs-cvs -va * Tell the system to use the new emacs: sudo eselect emacs set emacs-23-multi-tty To get emacs-multitty set up. It isn't really clear what role layman plays in those instructions since the final command is emerge emacs-cvs Or will that automatically use the layman overlays. Or maybe the author assumes I don't already have emacs installed from /usr/portage. I realize this is a little offhanded since its asking advice about 2nd party instructions. But I have no experience whatever with layman or using overlays at all. So thought maybe better to ask here than directly to the author of those instructions. -- [email protected] mailing list
