>>>>> "ZM" == Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> writes:
ZM> On 04/06/2010 07:22 AM, James Cloos wrote: >>>>>>> "ZM" == Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> writes: >> ZM> You can configure eclass override behavior via eclass-overrides in ZM> /etc/portage/repos.conf, as documented in `man portage`. >> >> ,----< From that manpage > >> | When using eclass-overrides, due to bug #276264, you must ensure that >> | your portage tree does not contain a metadata/cache/ directory. >> `---- >> >> Which translates into "eclass-orderrides are completely and entirely >> useless, so don't bother. ZM> Well, it's roughly equivalent to the old default behavior (which you ZM> apparently preferred). However, the issue is now complicated by the ZM> fact that FEATURES=metadata-transfer is disabled by default, so when ZM> portage goes to pull cache directly from metadata/cache/, it won't ZM> be able to validate eclass changes since there are no eclass ZM> timestamps saved inside metadata/cache/. Portage does not need to validate eclass changes. -JimC -- James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6
