On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:19:33 +0100 Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.bela...@st.com> wrote:
> On 02/16/2012 09:16 AM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > > On 16.02.2012 08:58, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > >> I suppose that my only options for rebuilding mythtv are to wait > >> for upstream to update the ebuild or to update it myself. How > >> difficult would the latter be? > > > > If the package just moved from media-tv to virtual it's easy: > > > > You should make a private overlay and copy the ebuild with the > > dependency there: > > I went for a simpler route to just edit the ebuild and rebuild the > manifest. > > raf Your changes will be overwritten and reverted next time you resync the portage tree and every time thereafter. Editing the ebuild is not the simplest route, it is a vastly more complex route. Instead, put the ebuild in the local overlay where portage knows not to touch it. A local overlay does not require layman. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
