on 07/11/2013 10:50 AM Martin Vaeth wrote the following: > Thanasis <thana...@asyr.hopto.org> wrote: >> on 07/10/2013 09:38 AM Martin Vaeth wrote the following: >>> >>> This has nothing to do with the necessity to call "eix-remote add" >>> after eix-sync > > With eix-0.29.0 which just entered the tree, eix-sync will > by default do this for you, so you usually do not need to > care about.
I have eix-0.29.0 > >> My goal is to be able to query both local and remote data with one >> command. > > Either you use eix -R ... (or eix -Z ...) or, alternatively, > you set REMOTE_DEFAULT=1 (or -2) to avoid typing -R/-Z. > (You have to type -R/-Z then if you want *only* a local query). > >> what would the sequence of commands be for updating > > With >=eix-0.29.0, if you use eix-sync, this will completely > care about updating the local data. > > If you call eix-update manually (e.g. after changing some > local overlay manually) you should call afterwards > eix-remote add1 (and/or eix-remote add2, depending on whether > you use -R or -Z, i.e. depending which remote data you use). > > For updating the remote data you just use as usual > eix-remote update1 (and/or eix-remote update2), > > If you want to do the latter automatically with every eix-sync, > put e.g. the following lines into your /etc/eix-sync.conf: > > @StatusInfo Downloading remote1 > @eix-remote fetch1 > > (Of course, you can replace 1 by 2 and/or add corresponding > lines for 2 to fetch the alternative remote data). > > (In /etc/eix-sync.conf it suffices to call "eix-remote fetch" > because the "eix-remote add" is called automatically > after the call of eix-update). > So in /etc/eix-sync.conf I've set the following 2 lines @StatusInfo Downloading remote1 @eix-remote fetch1 and the following 1 line in /etc/eixrc/00-eixrc REMOTE_DEFAULT=1 (Thanks for your patience Martin)
