On 23 April 2020 22:00:50 CEST, tastytea <tastytea+gen...@tastytea.de> wrote: >On 2020-04-23T21:39+0200 >"J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > >> On 23 April 2020 21:35:22 CEST, Caveman Al Toraboran >> <toraboracave...@protonmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I would prefer that portage prioritize gentoo's version rather >> >> than the overlay's version, unless specified otherwise (eg. >> >> sys-boot/grub::poly-c) when installing. >> > >> >didn't try it, but i guess you'll get the effect >> >you want by: >> > >> > * setting priority of your layman repo below -1000. >> > * setting priority of the gentoo repo above >> > 50 (i think default for layman). >> > >> >more info: >> >https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ebuild_repository#Priorities >> >> I got this working by only setting the priority of the gentoo repo to >> 999. > >Another option is to mask¹ all packages from the overlay with >*/*::poly-c and only unmask the packages you want to install from it. > >¹ <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.mask>
The problem with that method is that it needs to be done for any overlay you install. By setting the priority of the gentoo repo to a high number, it will always take precedence. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
