From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmvI3-0000zZ-Ka for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:03:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7301E09F4; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:03:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f211.google.com (mail-fx0-f211.google.com [209.85.220.211]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93680E09F4 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:03:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so1630578fxm.34 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:03:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=ye6mQPlux/wShF8uQ57/VXCj8dGpSDipzTUmiiuAhk8=; b=tezQ7u088cJnhMFblGiQROhme2D8QK3EX8xBiIlKb7ELubJwjrDTRfJdnfN8L/Y0RL caar6ABZ/h3jPtdiXHWDKNW2gy5XgZsgZ3U8xNVxTBC9krEz1YHHbbjAA0HU5kYXAjf9 XcQgvQEJ3NDL0aOoGwjJtm6Ksh1cljhaKutnw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=t2wPA1ZNgnl48MDsdyR7In4eqOtpv94yQAtgHxiswsBDpksVvwtZdv2E6d5q5pdB6y dCWEOSgPik75Yf0f5bXL8nI/32v6gCcn8Lc8bTz1CuCfT2lDDEM88PKw+PFWYRz/RJPO iVuDSi534wJKQUudXpxkqIkI+u+Q06viBiD9w= Received: by 10.86.195.26 with SMTP id s26mr4254745fgf.23.1252872185945; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:03:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowcone (92-235-187-79.cable.ubr18.sgyl.blueyonder.co.uk [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e20sm361219fga.15.2009.09.13.13.03.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:03:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:02:59 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] overlay usage and maintainence [was: DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future] Message-ID: <20090913210259.1dfb36f7@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <4AAD4BF7.8000806@hartwork.org> References: <4AAAD714.1010107@hartwork.org> <4AACCDBF.5020207@gentoo.org> <4AACD7C5.2080703@gentoo.org> <200909132057.48975.patrick@gentoo.org> <20090913192513.GA26237@anubis.0x90.dk> <4AAD4BF7.8000806@hartwork.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.5; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/BZn5Ep9kFzVAqFV629wMZjQ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 6e6cef41-8ea0-4935-b827-60797b6603f3 X-Archives-Hash: a6fb445d5ce4837ef930a4ed53f1c97e --Sig_/BZn5Ep9kFzVAqFV629wMZjQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:45:59 +0200 Sebastian Pipping wrote: > Alexander F=C3=A6r=C3=B8y wrote: > >> Second issue: "I want foopackage and barpackage, but not your > >> hacked gcc" Overlays can overshadow tree packages, which can have > >> undesired effects. > >=20 > > Support for overlay information in package.mask? >=20 > Once we have repository-specific atoms we get that for free. Not quite. If both an overlay and the main tree provide foo-1.2, masking foo-1.2::overlay in Portage would end up masking every foo-1.2. You also need proper multiple repository support to make it work; merely adding repo dep specs on top of a pure overlay model isn't enough. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/BZn5Ep9kFzVAqFV629wMZjQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqtT/cACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGr3QCg29Bf1F7okueecOj1OvQAKEfF w3IAoNY9c1Ac8h1krFpm1OpJnrvpkbuP =OdvA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/BZn5Ep9kFzVAqFV629wMZjQ--