On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:53:22 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > What I do when I want only one or two packages from an overlay is to > > add that overlay with layman, but do not add it to make.conf. Then I > > symlink the package directories I do want from the layman overlay > > into my local overlay. > > > > That way the overlay is kept up to date by layman, but only the > > packages I choose to link to are actually available. > > Hmm. So you add every overlay by hand in make.conf? I only have this: > > source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
No, as stated above, I do not add the overlay to make.conf. That way I avoid all of its packages being added. I don't source the layman make.conf, preferring to add overlays to make.conf only when I want the whole thing. -- Neil Bothwick "You know how dumb the average person is? Well, statistically, half of them are even dumber than that" - Lewton, P.I.
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