From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3219A1381F3 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 08:05:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C49C0E0A45; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 08:04:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com (mail-we0-f169.google.com [74.125.82.169]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 917A3E09F1 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 08:04:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f169.google.com with SMTP id n57so3451292wev.14 for ; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:04:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bhQOJHFwQwJ6AR5MbpfbbBFeeIG0vuIK5WuRkMqgJnI=; b=eGLF1Oj569ZCTJ0nEGP/Fnf7Ocbz7vl3aDezsRA+sjJBBiS5JLKiVnEt9imvlPUUg6 tgHYh3qcRJaNQo+mlZKoSYixsycfMgmRptH+MRdZVxB0dAOSgyqoJGU0RoiNvGuN2DOs nutT0GUgHwwALQCwtYJUz4eZSHaV9ioa4x65rGPJPnlWmf4bZb2/xivOFeNV0xjhmnmI ahp0dhfxFge+6u450ipYjEJ20f6+NDxWen3YvgTJ5DL+FYJffQ3zRomjWs5ekF5f2Drk Tk1LYU9gUThMktHCdCALNfJ8JQFENVxbKBul0/sqx5dLAEqwUk1NGe7vNur2TmtLw3c0 239Q== X-Received: by 10.180.77.231 with SMTP id v7mr10988496wiw.49.1373270696187; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:04:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.20.198] (dustpuppy.is.co.za. [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id z6sm22024292wiv.11.2013.07.08.01.04.54 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:04:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51DA722D.2040706@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:02:53 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130701 Thunderbird/17.0.7 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eix settings for searching all layman overlays References: <51D99CCF.7020700@asyr.hopto.org> <20130707215820.7ff681bf@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <51DA7097.8080504@asyr.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <51DA7097.8080504@asyr.hopto.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9035eb0c-99b3-48ef-8558-10bfd47dc1b3 X-Archives-Hash: 23bdb64b2bc1826ffcadf5a7e2c87aa5 On 08/07/2013 09:56, Thanasis wrote: > on 07/07/2013 11:58 PM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: >> On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 19:52:31 +0300, Thanasis wrote: >> >>> I would like to use eix and (updating it via cron job) be able to search >>> locally *all* layman overlays. >>> What commands and settings should I use? >> >> LOCAL_LAYMAN=/path/to/layman/storage eix-remote -q update >> >> > > I don't have a local overlay, and the default path for layman overlays > is /var/lib/layman/, so I guess I don't have to set the > LOCAL_LAYMAN variable, do I? > > The problem is that after updating (by running the command eix-remote > update). I still don't get the results expected when doing a search, eg: > > # eix -l games-engines/spring > No matches found. > > whereas it should list that there is a match in the sabayon (layman) > overlay (though not installed) like: > > spring-88.0 ~amd64 ~x86 > > because, at least, the above is what I get by using the > http://gpo.zugaina.org/ search at > http://gpo.zugaina.org/games-engines/spring > > So, I guess, I must be missing something in my eix configuration, don't > I? Besides, under /etc I only have /etc/eixrc/00-eixrc which is the > default (all lines in it are comments). > You are trying to do something the software does not support. eix will index your *installed* overlays, not all possible overlays that could be out there. There is no way I know of to do that, and even if there was a way, it would be a rather dumb idea. That's what Google is for. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com