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On Saturday 25 October 2014 12:45:05 Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 10/25/2014 09:57 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > On 10/7/2014 6:03 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> On Tuesday 07 Oct 2014 22:56:28 Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> >>> Quite the opposite. Ideally, you should remove the PORTDIR setting |
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> >>> from make.conf. repos.conf is the newer, more flexible way to |
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> >>> configure it. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Unfortunately, that will break some of the third-party portage tools |
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> >>> which parse make.conf directly. |
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> >> |
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> >> <Scratches head> ... so are we supposed to guess this, wait for a news |
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> >> article somewhere, or will it show up in an emerge log somewhere? |
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> > |
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> > So... would appreciate a response from someone who knows. |
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> > |
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> > I really dislike making systemic changes like this without really solid |
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> > guidance on how (and hopefully the why too)... |
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> I'm only guessing, but I don't think PORTDIR is going away for a while. |
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> Eventually, portage will probably begin to warn you if you have PORTDIR |
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> set in your make.conf, and will tell you to move your settings to |
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> repos.conf (with a pointer to the man page or wiki). That'll stick |
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> around for another while. Then, you'll get a news item telling you that |
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> PORTDIR is going away in a month or so. |
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> Finally, your shit will stop working and that's your final warning =) |
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> More realistically, the portage upgrade might die or ewarn loudly if you |
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> still have PORTDIR set. |
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Never mind PORTDIR; it would have been considerate to give a hint that the new |
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repos.conf directory had been introduced, and what it portended. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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