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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: paludis and make.conf
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 14:44:22
Message-Id: 200905241642.53947.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: paludis and make.conf by Dirk Heinrichs
1 On Sunday 24 May 2009 16:27:33 Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
2 > > I'd like to understand these things before I get in too deep. What
3 > > is the difference between CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?
4 > > One "protects" while the other "masks". Does the one that "masks"
5 > > "protect" some files and not others?
6 >
7 > That should be explained in the portage docs.
8
9 Best possible answer :-)
10
11 It's right there is man 5 make.conf:
12
13 One enables protection for the given files/docs.
14 The other disables it.
15
16 --
17 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: paludis and make.conf Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>