[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just started to use layman tools and wondered if setting such > things as /etc/portage/package.use would still be done in that same > place and same way?
I think yes. > > I want to install an overlay of emacs-cvs but with different use flags I would say there is no problem, because in /etc/portage/package.use you can decide what version with what flags. > > I'm following along with the instruction at: > http://www.enigmacurry.com/2007/05/24/multi-tty-emacs-on-gentoo-and-ubuntu/ > > On my laptop I run Gentoo Linux. Getting the latest version of Emacs on > Gentoo was a breeze! : > > * Setup Layman > * Add the emacs overlay: sudo layman -a emacs > * Add the following USE flags for app-editors/emacs-cvs: sudo > flagedit app-editors/emacs-cvs X Xaw3d alsa gif gzip-el jpeg > lesstif png sound spell tiff toolkit-scroll-bars xpm -gtk > -hesiod -motif -source. > * GTK support is explicitly turned off as it causes problems with > multi-TTY. This is no biggie for me as I always have > (menu-bar-mode -1) and (tool-bar-mode -1) set. > * Emerge: sudo emerge emacs-cvs -va > * Tell the system to use the new emacs: sudo eselect emacs set > emacs-23-multi-tty > > > To get emacs-multitty set up. It isn't really clear what role layman > plays in those instructions since the final command is > emerge emacs-cvs That's, so far I that understand, the advantage for using overlays. > > Or will that automatically use the layman overlays. Yes. Because emacs-cvs is in the portage-tree but masked. > > Or maybe the author assumes I don't already have emacs installed from > /usr/portage. If you want to install emacs-cvs from the portage tree, you have to unmask this package: $ emerge -atv emacs-cvs These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies / !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "app-editors/emacs-cvs" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-editors/emacs-cvs-23.0.9999 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - app-editors/emacs-cvs-23.0.50_pre20080201 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - app-editors/emacs-cvs-22.2.9999 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. > > I realize this is a little offhanded since its asking advice about 2nd > party instructions. But I have no experience whatever with layman or > using overlays at all. So thought maybe better to ask here than > directly to the author of those instructions. > That's the way I see it. W. Canis
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