On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:24:33 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > No, you only do that if the original is not available. Copy the whole > > sys-fs/udev directory to your overlay then remove the files you don't > > need > > Well, that presupposes I know what files I need and what files I don't > need... > > The problem is I don't... > > I can *guess* that all I need is the ebuild file, the files dir, and > maybe the Manifest and metadata.xml files...
Just delete the unneeded ebuilds, there may be other unnecessary files but they won't do any harm (unless your filesystem is already 99% full). > > and rebuild the manifest. > > Ok, I've done this, but it still wants to install udev-200... it also > mentions, and I confirmed, that udev-171 is masked in > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, so, presumably, I need to comment > these out too? What you need to do is read man portage. Any changes to files in /usr/portage will be wiped out next time you sync, you need to make changes in /etc/portage, as detailed in the man page. -- Neil Bothwick This is a test of the emergency tagline stealing system.
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