On Nov 19, 2011 6:56 AM, "Neil Bothwick" <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:38:42 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote: > > > > ... but every "eix-sync && emerge -avuD @world" finds me having to > > > re-edit /usr/portage/virtual/dev-manager/dev-manager-0.ebuild, or else > > > portage wants to emerge sys-apps/makedev and sys-fs/static-dev > > > > > > Is there a way to 'force' portage to use the edited > > > dev-manager-0.ebuild and not the original version pulled in by > > > eix-sync? > > > You can copy the ebuild to your own private overlay > > ( /usr/local/portage ) make your changes there, and bump the version > > number slightly. > > No need to bump the version number, overlays take priority over the > standard tree when there are equal version numbers. >
I knew I forgot something so simple >.< Thanks! Hmmm... so, @waltdnes, you should modify the procedure a bit, there... Rgds,
