On Thursday 31 December 2009 00:40:24 Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 ! > > > > Humm...so if I would have simply done exactly what Neil suggested I > > would have seen it without actually installing the overlay? Cool. > > > > - Mark > > Is this documented anywhere? I would like to see how this works, > without doing it just in case I mess up. lol > > Dale
You can't cock it up. If you have eix and layman working (almost everyone here has that): eix-remote -q update eix <something> tada!! -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
