On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:44:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> > You need to run eix-remote -q update to have layman overlays added to
> > the eix database.
> >   
> 
> I think he wants to know what overlay a given ebuild is in without
> installing the overlay first
> 
> eix wwon't show the contents of not-installed overlays

As it's panto season now - Oh Yes It Will!

eix-update reads installed overlays but eix-remote downloads a list of
the contents of all layman overlays, giving exactly what Mark wants.

I hadn't even heard of the trauma overlay, let alone installed it, yet
eix found the ebuild for me.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I wouldn't be caught dead with a necrophiliac.