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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-drivers fails to patch
From:       Neil Bothwick <neil () digimed ! co ! uk>
Date:       2023-04-21 13:28:30
Message-ID: 20230421142830.13f35336 () digimed ! co ! uk
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 03:58:11 -0500, Dale wrote:

> I did a emerge -ef nvidia-drivers and it still fails.   I was hoping that
> would pick up the needed files.   Guess not.   I decided to do some more
> digging.   I noticed that the same version is still in the tree.   I
> copied the ebuild a while back to a local overlay to make sure I don't
> lose it.   It seems emerge gives my local overlay priority over the one
> in the tree.   I renamed the ebuild in my overlay with .old tacked on.  
> It emerges fine after that since it uses the ebuild in the tree.   It
> seems my overlay is broken somehow.   Likely a design improvement.   ;-)  

That's the default by design. If you copy an ebuild to your overlay, it's
usually because you want to make changes to it, so it should be given
priority. You can change the priority of overlays in
/etc/portage/repos.conf, or you can simply mask the overlay version.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

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