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On 30 March 2012 17:08, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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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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Yeah, I don't have that layout /now/, but there was a time where one of my |
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systems had stuff in there, for whatever reason, and I can't recall |
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deciding to put it there myself. But that said, I *have* been using Gentoo |
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since one of the 2004.x releases ... Ah the good old days of having the |
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choice of NPTL ;) |
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Kent |
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perl -e "print substr( \"edrgmaM SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3, 3 ) |
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for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );" |
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http://kent-fredric.fox.geek.nz |
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