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From: Xavier Neys <neysx@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:47:49
Message-Id: 4145DD06.2020505@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge by David Bryson
1 David Bryson wrote:
2 > On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 03:03:37PM +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote:
3 >
4 >>On Saturday 11 September 2004 14:58, Jason Stubbs wrote:
5 >>
6 >>>What's wrong with CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?
7 >>
8 >>Heh. Wasn't aware of that ;-)
9 >>
10 >>I prefer having the /etc/portage/automerge.dirs config file anyhow.
11 >>Individual entries can be commented by whichever admin added them, making it
12 >>a little easier to maintain.
13 >>
14 >
15 >
16 > is there anywhere that any of the functionality of /etc/portage is documented
17 > ? All I ever hear are wisps of black magic and mystery about
18 > /etc/portage/package.mask and other strange things like this comment here.
19
20 Try http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=0 for a
21 start and man portage for more info.
22
23 Hth
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25 / Xavier Neys
26 \_ Gentoo Documentation Project
27 / French & Internationalisation Lead
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