On 04/12/2010 11:00 AM, Brian Harring wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 01:30:21PM -0400, James Cloos wrote: >> A reasonable alternative would be to have a separate variable in make.conf, >> such as ECLASS_OVERLAY_DIRS, which specifies acceptable overlays for >> eclasses. >> >> In most cases, users would probably only have their own, local overlay there, >> and any eclasses found there should be used in preference to any in portage >> or in the overlay the ebuild came from, if applicable. >> >> Every time portage looks for an eclass, it should check there first (caching >> what it found, to save future lookups w/in that run) and just use anything >> it finds. > > repos.conf has functionality of this sort, although you'll have to > consult the man page for the exact option name...
It's called eclass-overrides and it's been mentioned earlier in the thread. -- Thanks, Zac
