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From: Ralph Sennhauser <sera@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] news item: changes to stages (make.conf and make.profile)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:43:32
Message-Id: 20120724114231.7e89007e@sera-17.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] news item: changes to stages (make.conf and make.profile) by Maxim Kammerer
1 On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:29:14 +0300
2 Maxim Kammerer <mk@×××.su> wrote:
3
4 > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
5 > <jmbsvicetto@g.o> wrote:
6 > > I propose to commit this news item in 2 or 3 days. Does anyone have
7 > > any comments about it?
8 >
9 > Several comments:
10 >
11 > 1. Maybe note that /etc/portage/make.conf takes precedence
12 > over /etc/make.conf?
13 >
14 > 2. New make.conf location (although supported) is not mentioned in
15 > portage(5) man page for currently stable sys-apps/portage (2.1.10.65).
16 >
17
18 man 5 portage about files in /etc/portage
19
20 make.conf
21 The global custom settings for Portage. See make.conf(5). If
22 present, this file will over‐ ride settings from /etc/make.conf.
23
24
25 > 3. This news item is really useful, since the change has a potential
26 > to break automated builds.
27
28 We aren't discussing dropping support for the old locations here but
29 about makeing the new location the default.

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