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Bug 127320 - layman should respect PORTAGE_OVERLAY
Summary: layman should respect PORTAGE_OVERLAY
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Gunnar Wrobel (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2006-03-23 08:51 UTC by Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED)
Modified: 2006-03-23 10:27 UTC (History)
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Description Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-23 08:51:39 UTC 
If the user has changed PORTAGE_OVERLAY (maybe /usr/portage is readonly over nfs) then layman should use it instead of /usr/portage/local.
Comment 1 Gunnar Wrobel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-23 09:27:29 UTC 
Hi Chris!

layman is capable of installing several overlays. All of those will be installed into one base directory. layman would have a hard time identifying such a base directory from the users original PORTAGE_OVERLAY setting in case there are several entries present. 

Did you try to change the "storage" variable in the /etc/layman.cfg file? This variable determines the base directory that will be used by layman to store the overlays.
Comment 2 Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-23 10:27:09 UTC 
Yes, I discovered 'storage', just thought it would be nice if the defaults worked on my setup ;-) Never mind, you're right, multiple entries in PORTAGE_OVERLAY stops that idea.