Magento - plugin overwrite local.xml block - magento

Question

I have a local.xml file that has the following:
<default>
<cms_index_index translate="label">
<reference name="masthead">
<block type="page/html" template="cms/masthead/homepage.phtml" as="banners" />
</reference>
</cms_index_index translate="label">
</default>
I have a plugin that has it's own config.xml - I wish to override the above block with a template located in: /app/code/local/MageWorx/GeoIP/cms/homepage.phtml.
The config.xml file is however different and looks like:
<config>
<modules>
<MageWorx_GeoIP>
<version>1.0.7</version>
</MageWorx_GeoIP>
</modules>
<frontend>
<translate>
<modules>
<MageWorx_GeoIP>
<files>
<default>MageWorx_GeoIP.csv</default>
</files>
</MageWorx_GeoIP>
</modules>
</translate>
<routers>
<geoip>
<use>standard</use>
<args>
<module>MageWorx_GeoIP</module>
<frontName>geoip</frontName>
</args>
</geoip>
</routers>
<layout>
<updates>
<geoip>
<file>geoip.xml</file>
</geoip>
</updates>
</layout>
<events>
<controller_action_predispatch>
<observers>
<geoip>
<type>singleton</type>
<class>MageWorx_GeoIP_Model_Observer</class>
<method>geoipAutoswitcher</method>
</geoip>
</observers>
</controller_action_predispatch>
<controller_action_predispatch_directory_currency_switch>
<observers>
<geoip>
<type>singleton</type>
<class>MageWorx_GeoIP_Model_Observer</class>
<method>setCurrency</method>
</geoip>
</observers>
</controller_action_predispatch_directory_currency_switch>
</events>
</frontend>
<global>
<models>
<geoip>
<class>MageWorx_GeoIP_Model</class>
<resourceModel>geoip_mysql4</resourceModel>
</geoip>
<geoip_mysql4>
<class>MageWorx_GeoIP_Model_Mysql4</class>
</geoip_mysql4>
<core>
<rewrite>
<store>MageWorx_GeoIP_Model_Core_Store</store>
</rewrite>
</core>
</models>
<resources>
<geoip_setup>
<setup>
<module>MageWorx_GeoIP</module>
<class>MageWorx_GeoIP_Model_Mysql4_Setup</class>
</setup>
<connection>
<use>core_setup</use>
</connection>
</geoip_setup>
<geoip_write>
<connection>
<use>core_write</use>
</connection>
</geoip_write>
<geoip_read>
<connection>
<use>core_read</use>
</connection>
</geoip_read>
</resources>
<blocks>
<geoip>
<class>MageWorx_GeoIP_Block</class>
</geoip>
<adminhtml>
<rewrite>
<sales_order_view_info>MageWorx_Adminhtml_Block_Geoip_Adminhtml_Sales_Order_View_Info</sales_order_view_info>
<customer_online_grid>MageWorx_Adminhtml_Block_Geoip_Adminhtml_Customer_Online_Grid</customer_online_grid>
<system_store_edit_form>MageWorx_Adminhtml_Block_Geoip_Adminhtml_System_Store_Edit_Form</system_store_edit_form>
</rewrite>
</adminhtml>
<checkout>
<rewrite>
<onepage_billing>MageWorx_GeoIP_Block_Checkout_Onepage_Billing</onepage_billing>
<onepage_shipping>MageWorx_GeoIP_Block_Checkout_Onepage_Shipping</onepage_shipping>
</rewrite>
</checkout>
<customer>
<rewrite>
<address_edit>MageWorx_GeoIP_Block_Customer_Address_Edit</address_edit>
</rewrite>
</customer>
</blocks>
<helpers>
<geoip>
<class>MageWorx_GeoIP_Helper</class>
</geoip>
</helpers>
</global>
<adminhtml>
<acl>
<resources>
<all><title>Allow Everything</title></all>
<admin>
<children>
<system>
<children>
<config>
<children>
<mageworx_customers translate="title" module="mageworx">
<title>MageWorx > Customers</title>
<sort_order>1</sort_order>
<children>
<geoip translate="title" module="geoip">
<title>GeoIP Location</title>
</geoip>
</children>
</mageworx_customers>
</children>
</config>
</children>
</system>
</children>
</admin>
</resources>
</acl>
<layout>
<updates>
<geoip>
<file>geoip.xml</file>
</geoip>
</updates>
</layout>
</adminhtml>
<default>
<mageworx_customers>
<geoip>
<enable_store_switcher>1</enable_store_switcher>
<enable_currency_switcher>1</enable_currency_switcher>
<force_store_view>1</force_store_view>
<store_switcher_scope>1</store_switcher_scope>
<disable_store_switcher_key>off</disable_store_switcher_key>
<store_switcher_exception_urls>/paypal/*</store_switcher_exception_urls>
<db_type>1</db_type>
<db_path>lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat</db_path>
<enable_billing_country>1</enable_billing_country>
<enable_shipping_country>1</enable_shipping_country>
<enable_address_country>1</enable_address_country>
</geoip>
</mageworx_customers>
</default>
Does anyone know where and what I should add in that config.xml to override the local.xml block?

Answer 1

you can not override any of your block or action with local.xml to config.xml
here is magento truth is
config.xml and local.xml are loaded together, along with any other xml file you place in app/local. They are loaded in Mage_Core_Model_Config::loadBase()
public function loadBase()
{
$etcDir = $this->getOptions()->getEtcDir();
$files = glob($etcDir.DS.'*.xml');
$this->loadFile(current($files));
while ($file = next($files)) {
$merge = clone $this->_prototype;
$merge->loadFile($file);
$this->extend($merge);
}
if (in_array($etcDir.DS.'local.xml', $files)) {
$this->_isLocalConfigLoaded = true;
}
return $this;
}
And if your want to understand more about local.xml, see this.
hope you can understand more clearly now.