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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:44:56
Message-Id: 2851818.e9J7NaK4W3@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal by Neil Bothwick
1 On Monday, 31 October 2022 23:06:18 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:32:34 +0100, Arve Barsnes wrote:
3 > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 at 22:12, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
4 wrote:
5 > > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 11:39:47PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote
6 > > >
7 > > > > qlist -IC | grep -e x11-base -e x11-apps -e x11-fonts
8 > > > >
9 > > > > >/etc/portage/sets/x11 emerge -n @x11
10 > > > >
11 > > > > Saves filling @world with dozens of x11 entries.
12 > > > >
13 > > > 1) Has /var/lib/portage/set_name been deprecated?
14 > >
15 > > No. The new default is now /var/lib/portage. Check your
16 > > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf if you're in doubt about where
17 > > your main repo is.
18 >
19 > When did that happen? The portage man page still shows /etc/portage/sets/
20 > as the location for user-defined sets.
21
22 There seems to be some confusion here. /var/lib/portage is where portage
23 stores things; /etc/portage is where you store portage things.
24
25 > > > 2) Will items in /etc/portage/sets/<whatever> be automatically
26 > > > updated each time you update world?
27 >
28 > Provided the set is in world_sets, all packages in it will be treated as
29 > if they were in @world for updates.
30
31 In my case, nearly all the packages I want installed are specified in 6 sets in
32 /etc/portage/sets/<set-name>. When I emerge one of those sets, portage adds it
33 to /var/lib/portage/world_sets, just as any package I emerge specifically goes
34 into /var/lib/portage/world. In fact my world file has just three entries at
35 the moment: things I'm trying before they're moved to a set.
36
37 Neat and tidy.
38
39 [OT]
40
41 This scheme may seem backwards; I started it when I was going through a great
42 many reinstallations and wanted to go methodically, one step at a time. First
43 a core set, then a broader base set, then xorg, plasma and apps. The
44 appropriate profile would be set for each stage. I'd set up the kernel config
45 after the core, so that the rest of the base packages had proper kernel
46 settings to read. That gave me a bootable system and I'd finish the job in the
47 new system itself.
48
49 --
50 Regards,
51 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@×××××.com>