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From: Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Where has package.keywords gone?
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:08:01
Message-Id: 200703301637.09358.prh@gotadsl.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Where has package.keywords gone? by "Kevin F. Quinn"
1 On Thursday 29 March 2007 19:02:36 Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
2 > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:32:01 +0100
3 >
4 > Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5 > > I used to have a package.keywords file in /etc/portage/, but since
6 > > installing crossdev that is now a directory, thus:
7 > >
8 > > # ls -l /etc/portage/package.keywords
9 > > total 4
10 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 202 2007-02-11 10:52 cross-i686-pc-linux-gnu
11 >
12 > Hmm; crossdev shouldn't have deleted the file - if you're confident
13 > that's what did it, file a bug on bugzilla.gentoo.org against
14 > crossdev. Include the exact version of crossdev that you have.
15
16 I can't actually be confident that there ever was one, after thinking a bit
17 more, so I'd better not stir up any trouble :-)
18
19 > You can put the data in any filename inside (what is now the
20 > directory) /etc/portage/package.keywords/ You can call the file
21 > whatever you want - indeed you can have as many files as you want, so
22 > you can group the keyworded packages in a way that's suitable for you.
23
24 That's what I needed to know - thanks.
25
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28 Peter Humphrey
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