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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Changing portage.* file to a directory.
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:42:03
Message-Id: 4AC70E57.6020408@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Changing portage.* file to a directory. by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Samstag 03 Oktober 2009, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Hi folks,
5 >>
6 >> I'm wanting to change the portage.* files to a directory since portage
7 >> has been supporting this for while now. I have a question tho. I have
8 >> a few files that are not currently "active". I have them named
9 >> package.keyword.old and a few others with other things attached to the
10 >> end. Naturally I don't want to include those files but want to hang
11 >> onto the files. Is there something that I can do when naming them that
12 >> will tell portage to ignore them? Maybe like putting a "#" in front of
13 >> the name or something?
14 >>
15 >> Thanks.
16 >>
17 >> Dale
18 >>
19 >> :-) :-)
20 >>
21 >>
22 >
23 > ???
24 >
25 > just create package.use/keyword/unmask/mask directory, but do not put the files
26 > you don't want to be considered into them.
27 >
28 >
29 >
30
31 So I'll have to store them somewhere else huh? That will work I guess.
32 Hmmm, /root I guess. Would be nice to have them all in one place tho.
33
34 Thanks much.
35
36 Dale
37
38 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Changing portage.* file to a directory. Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>