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From: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@×××××××××.se>
To: "gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o" <gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] @sets and @profile does not work when ROOT=PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT=/my/new/root
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:29:15
Message-Id: 1445538549.31293.104.camel@transmode.se
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] @sets and @profile does not work when ROOT=PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT=/my/new/root by Zac Medico
1 On Thu, 2015-10-22 at 08:54 -0700, Zac Medico wrote:
2 > On 10/22/2015 12:05 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
3 > > I don't use world_sets, I have in my profile(/my/new/root/usr/local/portage/tmv3-target-overlay):
4 > > # > cat sets.conf
5 > > [CUSFPv3 sets]
6 > > class = portage.sets.files.StaticFileSet
7 > > multiset = true
8 > > directory = ${repository:tmv3-target-overlay}/sets/
9 > >
10 > > [world]
11 > > class = portage.sets.base.DummyPackageSet
12 > > packages = @cusfpv3 @profile @selected @system
13 > >
14 > > and in sets/:
15 > > # > cat sets/cusfpv3
16 > > net-ftp/ftp
17 > > net-ftp/tftp-hpa
18 > > net-ftp/vsftpd
19 > > ....
20 > >
21 > > and now it hits me, this line:
22 > > directory = ${repository:tmv3-target-overlay}/sets/
23 > > does it always refer too ROOT=/ ?
24 >
25 > You need to use %(ROOT)s${repository:tmv3-target-overlay}/sets to
26 > substitute $ROOT into the set configuration. For example, the default
27 > set configuration located at /usr/share/portage/config/sets/portage.conf
28 > does something similar with %(PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT)s.
29
30 Nice! I am a bit puzzled over the trailing s in ..)s, is that a typo? if not
31 what does it mean?
32
33 Can I use %(PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT) in repos.conf too? or is it not needed?

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