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On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:26:22PM +1300, Kent Fredric wrote |
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> Though of course, if anybody has custom stuff in say, /usr/portage/local/ |
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> which they make by hand, nuking /usr/portage will make you *Very* |
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> unpopular. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#book_part3_chap5 |
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in the install handbook gives "/usr/local/portage" as an example overlay |
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directory. I thought it was implicit that one shouldn't edit or create |
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files in /usr/portage because they may be overwritten by the system e.g. |
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during an "emerge --sync". Maybe the manual needs to state this |
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explicitly. Also, /usr/local is the "standard" place to keep one's own |
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software and/or global customizations that aren't handled by the package |
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manager, but don't belong in one user's home directory. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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