Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 at 11:55, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Did something change with overlays? In the past, I copied the ebuild >> over to local overlay and ran the ebuild command for the manifest. It >> downloaded everything that was needed. Now, it seems it doesn't. They >> add a step? I miss a step that slipped my mind? > I don't think the files/ directory contents were ever downloaded by > the ebuilds, they are a part of the portage tree, so they appear when > you sync. Maybe the files/ contents from the main tree were available > for your overlay ebuild somehow? I've never had that luxury, so now > I*m wondering how your ebuild ever worked :-) > > Regards, > Arve > >
That's right. I rarely do anything with local overlays so I forgot about that. Next time I'll try to remember to copy the whole directory, without deleting files no longer in the tree tho. Don't want to remove one I need. ;-) Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
