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From: Michael Haubenwallner <haubi@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:32:09
Message-Id: 4F9A6751.20902@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 On 04/27/12 00:03, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
2 > as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?):
3 >
4 > * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and
5 > package.use.stable.force
6 > * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force
7 > * meaning is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force, except that
8 > the resulting rules are ONLY applied iff a stable keyword is in use
9
10 Wouldn't it be more obvious/simple to have an extra profile subdirectory
11 containing package.use.mask and package.use.force?
12
13 Maybe in combination with 'eselect profile' to be able to select multiple
14 profiles [1], selecting both what /etc/make.profile pointed to as symlink
15 as well as some /usr/portage/profile/unstable/$arch - to avoid the need
16 for having an extra unstable/ subdir within each (selectable) profile dir.
17
18 Actually, I do have an extra unstable/ subdir for each selectable profile
19 here, besides an extra buildbot/ subdir too...
20
21 As a side effect, this wouldn't affect EAPI in any way.
22
23 [1] http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_a69bee8bfa00146ee05e49adf722e791.xml
24
25 my .02
26 /haubi/
27 --
28 Michael Haubenwallner
29 Gentoo on a different level

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