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 1RyIbR-0003ES-J3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:51:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 16B05E0AB4; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A19CCE096A for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:49:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhi8 with SMTP id hi8so1592193wib.40 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:49:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=We1oIeVO7APXgGlfjv+PimoE4vykidtJr0EBedl4ReI=; b=vr2NvOeWfh40bfT6KAtegr8Y32bvJysDsA7xGlnkZX01m6hH77uj3axgre30RM4DzE eAxmNZNOMjvtqZKxHcQi5WFVaW9pRj88P8n2F2hC8jlou2b+3iB8b3u52yqdpCqcuVab hRt64qrMJmZ3uijV6nkaPTqy6LsF7LRXPzklY= Received: by 10.180.78.233 with SMTP id e9mr1729798wix.0.1329464986923; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:49:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (dustpuppy.is.co.za. [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s2sm31514035wix.3.2012.02.16.23.49.43 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:49:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:48:41 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] linuxtv-dvb-headers gone virtual blocks mythtv overlay Message-ID: <20120217094841.1a828f55@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4F3DFF85.4040001@st.com> References: <4F3CB731.5010009@st.com> <4F3CBB6A.8030100@fu-berlin.de> <4F3DFF85.4040001@st.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2f720941-1572-482c-b862-0908ae3eed74 X-Archives-Hash: 85f5c463cfccefbf806ae6b7ce5c910d On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:19:33 +0100 Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > On 02/16/2012 09:16 AM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > > On 16.02.2012 08:58, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > >> I suppose that my only options for rebuilding mythtv are to wait > >> for upstream to update the ebuild or to update it myself. How > >> difficult would the latter be? > > > > If the package just moved from media-tv to virtual it's easy: > > > > You should make a private overlay and copy the ebuild with the > > dependency there: > > I went for a simpler route to just edit the ebuild and rebuild the > manifest. > > raf Your changes will be overwritten and reverted next time you resync the portage tree and every time thereafter. Editing the ebuild is not the simplest route, it is a vastly more complex route. Instead, put the ebuild in the local overlay where portage knows not to touch it. A local overlay does not require layman. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com