[solved] force install from portage tree instead of overlay

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emc · Post by **emc** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:52 am

Hi
I have the same package in these same version in official portage tree and in one of overlay. How to force portage to use portage tree instead of overlay but only for this specific package with this specific version?

DawgG · Post by **DawgG** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:17 am

delete the ebuild in the overlay (if the same version exists in the official portage tree it's unnecessary anyway) and emerge the exact same version. then the one from the official tree should be used by portage.
GOOD LUCK!

Polynomial-C · Post by **Polynomial-C** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:40 am

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echo "category/package::overlay-name" >> /etc/portage/package.mask

Fitzcarraldo · Post by **Fitzcarraldo** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:54 am

Example: Let's say there is an ebuild for libwnck in the main Portage tree and in the stuff overlay.

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$ eix -I x11-libs/libwnck
[I] x11-libs/libwnck
     Available versions:  
        (1)     2.30.7 2.31.0
        (3)     3.2.1 (~)3.2.1[1] [M](~)3.4.0 [M](~)3.4.2
        {{doc +introspection startup-notification tools}}
     Installed versions:  2.31.0(1)(23:30:00 27/04/12)(introspection startup-notification -doc) 3.2.1(3)(05:58:17 02/11/11)(introspection startup-notification -doc)
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/
     Description:         A window navigation construction kit

[1] "stuff" /var/lib/layman/stuff

But I don't want to merge libwnck from the overlay, I want to merge it from the main Portage tree, so I do:

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emerge =libwnck-3.2.1::gentoo

To force Portage to do that without me having to enter the suffix in the above command, I would mask the overlay version in the file /etc/portage/package.mask as follows:

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=x11-libs/libwnck-3.2.1::stuff

EDIT: Whoops, while I was typing that, Polynomial-C gave you the succinct answer!

khayyam · Post by **khayyam** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:15 pm

emc et al ...

while the answer is already provided, for overlays I tend to do the following:

mask the entire overlay in /etc/portage/package.mask:

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*/*::overlay

unmask in /etc/portage/package.unmask in only those packages in the overlay I'm concerned with, or require:

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category/package::overlay

While this requires additional work it has the advanatge that no packages from an overlay will slip into @system or @world ... if for example using --newuse --deep (and similar operations).

best ... khay

emc · Post by **emc** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:25 pm

if I have:

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#cat /etc/portage/package.mask 
=x11-wm/compiz-0.8.8::elementary
=x11-wm/compiz-fusion-0.8.8::elementary

and

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# cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
=x11-libs/compiz-bcop-0.8.8
=x11-themes/emerald-themes-0.5.2
=x11-apps/ccsm-0.8.8
=x11-libs/libcompizconfig-0.8.8
=x11-wm/compiz-0.8.8
=dev-python/compizconfig-python-0.8.8
=x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-unsupported-0.8.8
=x11-wm/emerald-0.8.8
=x11-apps/fusion-icon-0.1-r2

=x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main-0.8.8
=x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra-0.8.8
=x11-wm/compiz-fusion-0.8.8

#for kde
=x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-kconfig4-0.8.4

and:

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cat /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords 
=x11-libs/compiz-bcop-0.8.8 ~amd64
=x11-apps/ccsm-0.8.8 ~amd64
=x11-libs/libcompizconfig-0.8.8 ~amd64
=dev-python/compizconfig-python-0.8.4-r3 ~amd64
=x11-wm/compiz-fusion-0.8.8 ~amd64
=x11-apps/fusion-icon-0.1-r2 ~amd64
=x11-themes/emerald-themes-0.5.2 ~amd64
=x11-wm/emerald-0.8.8 ~amd64
=x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-unsupported-0.8.8 ~amd64

=x11-wm/compiz-0.8.8 ~amd64
=x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main-0.8.8 ~amd64
=x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra-0.8.8 ~amd64
=x11-wm/compiz-fusion-0.8.8 ~amd64

#for kde
=x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-kconfig4-0.8.4 ~amd64

so why:

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# emerge -pvNDu world

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   #] x11-wm/compiz-0.8.8::elementary  USE="cairo fuse gtk kde* svg -gconf -gnome" 0 kB
[ebuild  N    #] x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-kconfig4-0.8.4  USE="(-aqua)" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ~] x11-apps/fusion-icon-0.1-r2::elementary [0.1-r2::gentoo] USE="gtk qt4*" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   #] x11-wm/compiz-fusion-0.8.8::elementary  USE="emerald kde* unsupported -gnome" 0 kB

Total: 4 packages (1 new, 3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB

compiz is still emerging from overlay. I need some packages form elementary, but x11-wm/compiz-0.8.8 form portage has some patch for KDE4.8. BTW I got compilation error during x11-wm/compiz-0.8.8 after change USE to kde and gt4.

emc · Post by **emc** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:41 pm

khayyam wrote:
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category/package::overlay
While this requires additional work it has the advanatge that no packages from an overlay will slip into @system or @world ... if for example using --newuse --deep (and similar operations).

best ... khay

I didn't refresh post before sending, so... I will try your way

khayyam · Post by **khayyam** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:53 pm

emc ...

your problem seems to be that you mask (by ::overlay) but then unmask globally (no overlay is provided) ... this unsets the definitions in package.mask.

best ... khay

emc · Post by **emc** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:00 pm

yes, good point... now everything is clear... case close...