On Wednesday 30 December 2009 14:21:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:44:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > You need to run eix-remote -q update to have layman overlays added to > > > the eix database. > > > > I think he wants to know what overlay a given ebuild is in without > > installing the overlay first > > > > eix wwon't show the contents of not-installed overlays > > As it's panto season now - Oh Yes It Will! > > eix-update reads installed overlays but eix-remote downloads a list of > the contents of all layman overlays, giving exactly what Mark wants. > > I hadn't even heard of the trauma overlay, let alone installed it, yet > eix found the ebuild for me. >
well well whaddaya know it works ! -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
