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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] overlay eclass overrides eclass from PORTDIR: what is it?
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:23:49 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4907D03D.5050103@netspace.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <490370D8.4000009@kutulu.org>

Mike Edenfield wrote:
> b.n. wrote:
>
>> * Overlay eclass overrides eclass from PORTDIR:
>
>> Could anyone explain me what does it mean in practice?
>
> The cause of this message is that one of the overlays you have
> configured includes an eclass that already exists in base portage. This
> happens when the overlay includes ebuilds that require enhanced behavior
> from a current eclass.

In this case, I think it's because parts of the desktop-effects overlay 
are making it into the tree \o/ so you'll notice some duplication until 
this is finished.

Don't forget to layman -s ALL and this message might go away for this 
instance.

-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

BOFH Excuse #23:

improperly oriented keyboard



      reply	other threads:[~2008-10-29  2:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-25 19:06 [gentoo-user] overlay eclass overrides eclass from PORTDIR: what is it? b.n.
2008-10-25 19:17 ` Mike Edenfield
2008-10-29  2:53   ` Iain Buchanan [this message]

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