On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 11:17:11 +0000, Mick wrote: > > Another option is to copy/symlink the specific package you want from > > the bar overlay to your local overlay and do not include the bar > > overlay in repos.conf. > > Sorry for being dense. Do you mean first add the overlay with 'layman > -a bar', then symlink the particular package to my local overlay?
Yes. > How > will I be updating this package in the future, if I do not have the > 'bar' overlay settings in /etc/portage/repos.conf/layman.conf? Layman will still update all its overlays when you run layman -S, but portage will not see the contents. I've used this method often when I want a single package from an overlay. You may have to link more than one package to satisfy dependencies, but that is not usually the case in my experience. -- Neil Bothwick Where do you think you're going today?
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