Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eix settings for searching all layman overlays

[Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org>]

on 07/11/2013 10:50 AM Martin Vaeth wrote the following:
> Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org> wrote:
>> on 07/10/2013 09:38 AM Martin Vaeth wrote the following:
>>>
>>> This has nothing to do with the necessity to call "eix-remote add"
>>> after eix-sync
> 
> With eix-0.29.0 which just entered the tree, eix-sync will
> by default do this for you, so you usually do not need to
> care about.

I have eix-0.29.0

> 
>> My goal is to be able to query both local and remote data with one
>> command.
> 
> Either you use eix -R ... (or eix -Z ...) or, alternatively,
> you set REMOTE_DEFAULT=1 (or -2) to avoid typing -R/-Z.
> (You have to type -R/-Z then if you want *only* a local query).
> 
>> what would the sequence of commands be for updating
> 
> With >=eix-0.29.0, if you use eix-sync, this will completely
> care about updating the local data.
> 
> If you call eix-update manually (e.g. after changing some
> local overlay manually) you should call afterwards
> eix-remote add1 (and/or eix-remote add2, depending on whether
> you use -R or -Z, i.e. depending which remote data you use).
> 
> For updating the remote data you just use as usual
> eix-remote update1 (and/or eix-remote update2),
> 
> If you want to do the latter automatically with every eix-sync,
> put e.g. the following lines into your /etc/eix-sync.conf:
> 
> @StatusInfo Downloading remote1
> @eix-remote fetch1
> 
> (Of course, you can replace 1 by 2 and/or add corresponding
> lines for 2 to fetch the alternative remote data).
> 
> (In /etc/eix-sync.conf it suffices to call "eix-remote fetch"
> because the "eix-remote add" is called automatically
> after the call of eix-update).
> 

So in /etc/eix-sync.conf I've set the following 2 lines
@StatusInfo Downloading remote1
@eix-remote fetch1

and the following 1 line in /etc/eixrc/00-eixrc
REMOTE_DEFAULT=1

(Thanks for your patience Martin)