On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 23:33:44 -0400, David Relson wrote:

> 1) create directory /usr/local/portage/app-example/some-package
> 2) copy some-package.x.y.z.ebuild to some-package.x.y.z-r1.ebuild (in
> the new directory).  
> 3) Some editing of the new ebuild might be needed here...

Some files in the files directory may also be needed (init scripts,
patches etc.) I prefer to copy the whole ebuild directory from $PORTDIR to
my overlay, rename the current ebuild and delete the older ones, leaving
files/ untouched.


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Neil Bothwick

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