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> IMO, if there is no such functionality already, we need to provide a |
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> clean way for the users to maintain local overrides to the |
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> package.mask file. |
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> Suppose that we make ebuild system support /etc/package.unmask file. |
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> I could even take a shot at this if no-one objects. |
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> p.s. Something tells me that /usr/portage/profiles/ is not the right |
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> place for package.mask. |
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You might want to add this idea of local overrides as a portage |
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"enhancement" on bugs.gentoo.org. My own feeling is that as Gentoo |
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starts being used as a base for other distributions, we'll want to |
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support, at a minimum, profile-specific package.mask files. A user |
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could then always create his/her own profile (or just replace the |
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/etc/make.profile symlink with a real directory), and that |
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profile-specific package.mask would _not_ be overwritten. |
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-g2boojum- |
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| Grant Goodyear | The Secrets of Physics: | |
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| Dept. of Chemistry - Clemson U |1. Add zero. | |
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| Clemson, SC 29634 |2. Multiply by one. | |
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|-------------------------------------|3. Expand in a Taylor series| |
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|e-mail: goodyea@×××××××.edu |4. Integrate by parts. | |
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|www:http://g2.ces.clemson.edu/~grant |5. Fourier transform. | |
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| |6. Add auxiliary variables | |
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