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From: Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-doc] Portage per-package environment/behavior
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:18:28
Message-Id: 20111229181806.GB17160@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-doc] Portage per-package environment/behavior by Sven Vermeulen
1 On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 11:14:49AM +0100, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
2 > I noticed we don't describe in the handbook that Portage can have
3 > per-package environment variables (like CFLAGS) through /etc/portage/env.
4 > This can be even (ab?)used to execute steps before or after specific phases
5 > (based on the EBUILD_PHASE information), something I use for updating IDS
6 > systems (postinst/prerm phase).
7
8 So, considering the idea of having a section added to "Working with Portage"
9 called "Advanced Portage Features", this is what it could look like:
10
11 http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/docs/previews/hb-portage-advanced.xml
12
13 Ideas? Thoughts?
14
15 Wkr,
16 Sven Vermeulen

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[gentoo-doc] Re: Portage per-package environment/behavior Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-doc] Portage per-package environment/behavior Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o>