[gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of
PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
seems to get ignored.

I have some overlays here (installed by layman)
but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating
when I say emerge -auv ..

Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting
the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf

This doesn't work anymore.

What did I miss?

Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Alan McKinnon]

On 16/03/2015 12:07, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of
> PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> seems to get ignored.
> 
> I have some overlays here (installed by layman)
> but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating
> when I say emerge -auv ..
> 
> Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting
> the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> 
> This doesn't work anymore.
> 
> What did I miss?
> 
> Many thanks for a hint,
> Helmut
> 
> 


Read the news item publish on 2 Feb 2015 called
"New portage plug-in sync system"

The variable you want is auto-sync= [yes|no]

-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Matti Nykyri]

> On Mar 16, 2015, at 12:07, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of
> PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> seems to get ignored.
> 
> I have some overlays here (installed by layman)
> but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating
> when I say emerge -auv ..
> 
> Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting
> the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> 
> This doesn't work anymore.
> 
> What did I miss?

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync

I think there was also a news item about it.

-- 
-Matti

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 03/16/2015 11:42:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 16/03/2015 12:07, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of
> > PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> > seems to get ignored.
> >
> > I have some overlays here (installed by layman)
> > but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating
> > when I say emerge -auv ..
> >
> > Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting
> > the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> >
> > This doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > What did I miss?
> >
> > Many thanks for a hint,
> > Helmut
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Read the news item publish on 2 Feb 2015 called
> "New portage plug-in sync system"
> 
> The variable you want is auto-sync= [yes|no]
> 
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
> 

Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no.
Still,

emerge -avu @world 
considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no.

Helmut.

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 03/16/2015 11:42:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 16/03/2015 12:07, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of
> > PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> > seems to get ignored.
> >
> > I have some overlays here (installed by layman)
> > but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating
> > when I say emerge -auv ..
> >
> > Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting
> > the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> >
> > This doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > What did I miss?
> >
> > Many thanks for a hint,
> > Helmut
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Read the news item publish on 2 Feb 2015 called
> "New portage plug-in sync system"
> 
> The variable you want is auto-sync= [yes|no]
> 
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com


Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no.
Still,

emerge -avu @world 
considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no.

Helmut.

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Alan McKinnon]

On 16/03/2015 12:56, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 03/16/2015 11:42:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 16/03/2015 12:07, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of
>>> PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
>>> seems to get ignored.
>>>
>>> I have some overlays here (installed by layman)
>>> but I don't wont all of these to be considered for updating
>>> when I say emerge -auv ..
>>>
>>> Previously, I could manage which overlays were considered by setting
>>> the PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
>>>
>>> This doesn't work anymore.
>>>
>>> What did I miss?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for a hint,
>>> Helmut
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Read the news item publish on 2 Feb 2015 called
>> "New portage plug-in sync system"
>>
>> The variable you want is auto-sync= [yes|no]
>>
>> --
>> Alan McKinnon
>> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>>
> 
> Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no.
> Still,
> 
> emerge -avu @world 
> considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no.


I see now. When you said "update" I assumed you meant sync.
update as in emerge world is different.


Does the option "priority", set per-repo, and documented here:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync

fit your needs?


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:02:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> > Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no.
> > Still,
> > 
> > emerge -avu @world 
> > considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no.  
> 
> 
> I see now. When you said "update" I assumed you meant sync.
> update as in emerge world is different.
> 
> 
> Does the option "priority", set per-repo, and documented here:
> 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync
> 
> fit your needs?

If the overlays are managed by layman, check out the --enable and
--disable options for layman.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Tact is for people who don't understand sarcasm.

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Re: [gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 03/16/2015 12:15:43 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:02:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 
> > > Thanks Alan, I have auto-sync=no.
> > > Still,
> > > 
> > > emerge -avu @world 
> > > considers even those overlays which have auto-sync=no.  
> > 
> > 
> > I see now. When you said "update" I assumed you meant sync.
> > update as in emerge world is different.
> > 
> > 
> > Does the option "priority", set per-repo, and documented here:
> > 
> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync
> > 
> > fit your needs?
> 
> If the overlays are managed by layman, check out the --enable and
> --disable options for layman.
> 

Thanks Neil, that seems to be exactly what I was looking for.
Currently I still have a problem.

After
layman -D ALL
which proceeded without any error message.
I tried, e.g.,
layman -E science

which gives me
Exception caught enabling repository "science": Section 'science' already exists

Helmut.

[gentoo-user] Re: PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf has no effect anymore?

[James]

Matti Nykyri <matti.nykyri <at> iki.fi> writes:


> > since a few days when I configured /etc/repos.conf the setting of
> > PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/portage/make.conf
> > seems to get ignored.

> > What did I miss?

Um, one of the devs wrote up a lengthy explanation. Some other devs
suggested the message be trimmed down a bit as a news item. I thought
the lenghty message was detailed and articulate (on gentoo-dev).
The changes, if you read the thread, are quite extensive, imho.

See gentoo-dev   2-feb-2015 by Brian Dolbec
(the entire thread is good reading)

I have so hacked up my old setup that I'm reticent to update per the 
news item; eventually I'll have to. So do post back any tidbits
you discover, as I believe there are a myriad of schemes to perform
partial sync/updates to various types of codes an active gentooer
might have on their system. emaint now has a very large role.


timidly,
James