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On 8/14/20 1:42 PM, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> On 8/14/20 1:08 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2020, Zac Medico wrote: |
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>>> On 8/14/20 8:42 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: |
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>>>> Yes, I know I can add that in profile/package.mask but I am looking |
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>>>> for the bigger picture here. This has to stop somehow, there need to |
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>>>> be something that limits the mask scope to the repo/overlay it is |
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>>>> defined. |
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>>> The scope is already limited, but this overlay inherits the mask because |
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>>> it has the gentoo repo as its master (either implicitly or via a masters |
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>>> setting in metadata/layout.conf). |
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>>> I suppose we could add an option to prevent this inheritance. |
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>> Like an option in repos.conf or layout.conf? |
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>> The problem I see with this is that preventing inheritance would disable |
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>> files like license_groups or thirdpartymirrors. So overlays would have |
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>> to maintain their own versions. |
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> |
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> I've just tested, and it's possible to do this with a -* at the top of |
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> the overlay/profiles/package.mask file, if we simply modify the the |
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> grabfile_package function to allow the -* pass through (it currently |
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> discards it as an invalid atom). |
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Opened this bug: |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/737148 |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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