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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-drivers fails to patch
From:       Dale <rdalek1967 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-04-21 16:26:24
Message-ID: 1c7ab13c-0dcb-f836-53dd-f5d4428eed65 () gmail ! com
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Arve Barsnes wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 at 11:55, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Did something change with overlays?  In the past, I copied the ebuild
>> over to local overlay and ran the ebuild command for the manifest.  It
>> downloaded everything that was needed.  Now, it seems it doesn't.  They
>> add a step?  I miss a step that slipped my mind?
> I don't think the files/ directory contents were ever downloaded by
> the ebuilds, they are a part of the portage tree, so they appear when
> you sync. Maybe the files/ contents from the main tree were available
> for your overlay ebuild somehow? I've never had that luxury, so now
> I*m wondering how your ebuild ever worked :-)
>
> Regards,
> Arve
>
>

That's right.  I rarely do anything with local overlays so I forgot
about that.  Next time I'll try to remember to copy the whole directory,
without deleting files no longer in the tree tho.  Don't want to remove
one I need.  ;-)

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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