On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 12:29:01 +0000 Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernl...@transmode.se> wrote:
> Sometimes I have to move files from my layman overlays distfiles to > /usr/portage/distfiles > in orders to rebuild older stuff not in gentoo anymore. > > Should not emerge search in distfiles where the ebuild resides? distfiles are not part of repository. The /usr/portage/distfiles path is just wrong and you shouldn't be using it. > What about eclass? What is the search order here? It follows masters. First the repository with ebuild. If it's not there, it looks through all masters, then their masters etc. > If I got a customized user.eclass in my overlay, can I have this eclass take > precedence over the one in /usr/portage/eclass ? Yes. 'man 5 portage', look for eclass-overrides. Note that this will effectively discard metadata cache and therefore make stuff slow after syncing . -- Best regards, Michał Górny <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>
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