Re: multilib, slot conflicts, and the sun going down

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On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Brent Busby <[email protected]> wrote:

> "E. Liddell" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Correction to previous message:  "mv kde-apps/* kde-base/", not "cp -r"=
--
> > having two copies around may confuse Portage on some operations.  It
> > may also be necessary afterwards to edit /var/lib/portage/world and
> > other supporting files to revert unwanted kde/apps instances to
> > kde/base.
>
> Should we really be going in that direction?  For whatever reason,
> Gentoo main has decided it's kde-apps now.  Shouldn't we try to conform
> the overlay to that rather than locally kludge the main Portage tree to
> match the overlay?
>

=E2=80=8BSeems like a good idea. Did someone actually follow up on a previo=
us
request for a maintainer for the overlay?

Tiago


>
> --
> + Brent A. Busby         + "We've all heard that a million monkeys
> + Sr. UNIX Systems Admin +  banging on a million typewriters will
> + University of Chicago  +  eventually reproduce the entire works of
> + James Franck Institute +  Shakespeare.  Now, thanks to the Internet,
> + Materials Research Ctr +  we know this is not true." -Robert Wilensky
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:trebuche=
t ms,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Sat, Jul 4=
, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Brent Busby </span><span dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-famil=
y:arial,sans-serif">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b=
lank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sa=
ns-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;b=
order-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div clas=
s=3D"h5">&quot;E. Liddell&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
m">[email protected]</a>&gt; writes:<br>
<br>
&gt; Correction to previous message:=C2=A0 &quot;mv kde-apps/* kde-base/&qu=
ot;, not &quot;cp -r&quot;--<br>
&gt; having two copies around may confuse Portage on some operations.=C2=A0=
 It<br>
&gt; may also be necessary afterwards to edit /var/lib/portage/world and<br=
>
&gt; other supporting files to revert unwanted kde/apps instances to<br>
&gt; kde/base.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Should we really be going in that direction?=C2=A0 For whatever=
 reason,<br>
Gentoo main has decided it&#39;s kde-apps now.=C2=A0 Shouldn&#39;t we try t=
o conform<br>
the overlay to that rather than locally kludge the main Portage tree to<br>
match the overlay?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail_=
default" style=3D"font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;,sans-serif">=E2=80=8BS=
eems like a good idea. Did someone actually follow up on a previous request=
 for a maintainer for the overlay?</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;,sans-serif"><br></div><div class=3D"=
gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;,sans-serif">Tiag=
o</div></div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
--<br>
+ Brent A. Busby=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0+ &quot;We&#39;ve all hea=
rd that a million monkeys<br>
+ Sr. UNIX Systems Admin +=C2=A0 banging on a million typewriters will<br>
+ University of Chicago=C2=A0 +=C2=A0 eventually reproduce the entire works=
 of<br>
+ James Franck Institute +=C2=A0 Shakespeare.=C2=A0 Now, thanks to the Inte=
rnet,<br>
+ Materials Research Ctr +=C2=A0 we know this is not true.&quot; -Robert Wi=
lensky<br>
<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>

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