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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/portage clarification
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:15:25
Message-Id: pan.2004.09.27.23.15.13.161633@cox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] /etc/portage clarification by Nicholas Jones
1 Nicholas Jones posted <20040927220933.GA14289@××××××.net>, excerpted
2 below, on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:09:33 -0400:
3
4 >>> Users can affect portage via /etc/portage/virtuals, but it is
5 >
6 >> Shouldn't that be /etc/portage/profile/virtuals?
7 >
8 > Seeing as how there is overlap there may be some changes
9 > coming to a couple files in /etc/portage.
10 >
11 > Support locations in 2.0.51 currently are:
12 >
13 > /etc/portage:
14 > package.keywords
15 > package.mask
16 > package.unmask
17 > package.use
18 >
19 > /etc/portage/profile:
20 > make.globals
21 > make.defaults
22 > package.mask
23 > package.provided
24 > packages
25 > use.mask
26 > use.defaults
27 > virtuals
28
29 Thanks. Nice, concise, clearly defined, and authoritative. Just what I
30 was asking for. I'll be watching for the warned changes, too.
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