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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mask all packages but 1 from an overlay?
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I mask all packages from a layman overlay except for one?

Check out Mark Knecht's thread from 5 hours ago asking the same question. :)

Short answer was don't let portage see the overlay, instead symlink
the packages you want to your local overlay instead, so only they will
be seen by portage, while still allowing you to sync the overlay as
usual.