Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Can an ebuild override CONFIG_PROTECT?

[Amit Dor-Shifer]

Thanks.
IMHO this usage of env.d should be documented in the ebuild howto, as it 
presents a useful-yet-not-trivial mechanism.

I'd document it, if:
a) I get no objection from others. Anyone?
b) I'd be referred to the proper place to document it in. There's a page 
dealing w/ |CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK at 
http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/config-protect/index.html, 
but I doubt if that's the proper place.

|Amit


Zac Medico wrote:
> Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:
>
>> I.E.: can an ebuild instruct that one of its deployables under /etc
>> shall be "mercilessly auto-update"d?
>> Using /etc/make.conf/CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK for a single file seems a bit
>> unnatural to me: a general-purpose file specifying a file o/w unknown
>> and unrelated to it.
>>
>
> There are lots of ebuilds that install files in /etc/env.d/
> containing CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK settings. It think that's what you want.
>
>