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* Re: [gentoo-dev] perl eclass review - EAPI=3 + new helper eclass
  @ 2010-04-06 14:22 99%     ` James Cloos
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From: James Cloos @ 2010-04-06 14:22 UTC (permalink / raw
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>>>>> "ZM" == Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> writes:

ZM> You can configure eclass override behavior via eclass-overrides in
ZM> /etc/portage/repos.conf, as documented in `man portage`.

,----< From that manpage >
| When using eclass-overrides, due to bug #276264, you must ensure that
| your portage tree does not contain a metadata/cache/ directory.
`----

Which translates into "eclass-orderrides are completely and entirely
useless, so don't bother.

Portage used to used to search for eclasses starting in the top overlay;
it should not have changed.

-JimC
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James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com>         OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6





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