From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,FREEMAIL_FROM, FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1,HELO_NO_DOMAIN,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from home (pool-151-203-212-19.bos.east.verizon.net [151.203.212.19]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 45025AC814 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:42:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 5797 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2002 22:42:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO vapier) (192.168.0.2) by 192.168.0.1 with SMTP; 16 Aug 2002 22:42:34 -0000 Message-ID: <020901c24576$40fa2cf0$0200a8c0@vapier> From: "mike" To: References: <3D5D7C8C.7080002@werner-productions.de> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Overriding package mask Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:42:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 0a2f5488-3079-4543-b67a-429e23630765 X-Archives-Hash: 024cec5f052287391387b96e6122842d at the moment there is no feature in place ... at least the last post i saw on bugs.gentoo.org was that PORTAGE_OVERLAY supported only ebuilds -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian Werner" To: Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 18:28 Subject: [gentoo-dev] Overriding package mask > Hi! > > I want to use the beta version of gimp. So I unmask gimp in > package.mask. But each rsync this file will be overwritten and I have to > modify it again. We have a portage overlay support now... what's about > to add a /usr/portage.local/profiles/package.ok which overrides > package.mask in /usr/portage? Is it possible to implement something like > this. I have some more programs which are declared as beta but I want to > use :) > > Regards > > Sebastian > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev >