[gentoo-user] How to set package.use for layman overlays
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. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to set package.use for layman overlays
assuming you've got your make.conf setup appropriately, the overlay will take precisidence. PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/portage/local PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/storage/repos/uberpenguin/trunk source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf deface On May 17, 2008, at 6:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to set package.use for layman overlays
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 think yes. I want to install an overlay of emacs-cvs but with different use flags I would say there is no problem, because in /etc/portage/package.use you can decide what version with what 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 That's, so far I that understand, the advantage for using overlays. Or will that automatically use the layman overlays. Yes. Because emacs-cvs is in the portage-tree but masked. Or maybe the author assumes I don't already have emacs installed from /usr/portage. If you want to install emacs-cvs from the portage tree, you have to unmask this package: $ emerge -atv emacs-cvs These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies / !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy app-editors/emacs-cvs have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-editors/emacs-cvs-23.0. (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - app-editors/emacs-cvs-23.0.50_pre20080201 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - app-editors/emacs-cvs-22.2. (masked by: ~x86 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. 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. That's the way I see it. W. Canis signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
