Op maandag 9 januari 2006 22:35, schreef Beau E. Cox: > On Monday 09 January 2006 11:15 am, Holly Bostick wrote: > > Beau E. Cox schreef: > > > Hi - > > > > > > I'm working on a series of ebuilds for the more esoteric CPAN modules > > > that I use. In the Gentoo Developer Handbook there is a statement > > > about PORTDIR_OVERLAY: > > > > > > "In that directory, you must use the same structure (and categories) > > > as in /usr/portage." > > > > > > OK. But I really want to make a new category, i.e. 'cpan'; ( tried > > > it, doesn't work ). Is there a way to 'fake out' portage into using a > > > new category without breaking everything? > > > > Question #1-- what's wrong with dev-perl, where all the other modules > > are (and then naming the modules cpan-whatever, I suppose)? > > Answer #1-- I am doing that now. It's OK, but I sometimes have the > same module that is already in dev-perl; I would like to be distinct > with my config/version/mods/patches/etc. > <..>
Simple give your ebuild a higher version number. Append e.g. r1 or .1 to the version number. Like that, portage will also automatically pick it up. Jan
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