[rt-users] Overlays question

Jesse Vincent jesse at bestpractical.com
Wed May 16 12:27:10 EDT 2007


On May 16, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Gene LeDuc wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a question about using overlays to override code in the base  
> distribution.  If I want to replace a specific method in a class  
> that's defined in lib/RT/xyz.pm, does my local/lib/RT/xyz.pm file  
> need to be a copy of the original with the new code inserted (and  
> all of the unchanged code intact), or can it contain just the  
> modified method definition?  Obviously I'm not real clear on how  
> overlays work and the book doesn't touch on this very much.
>
It should include JUST the modified method definition. Don't ever  
copy and paste extra code.

Jesse

> Thanks,
> Gene
>
>
>
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> Gene LeDuc, GSEC
> Security Analyst
> San Diego State University
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