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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 08:54:03
Message-Id: 4AC71126.6000301@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 >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Samstag 03 Oktober 2009, Dale wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> Hi folks,
9 >>>>
10 >>>> I'm wanting to change the portage.* files to a directory since portage
11 >>>> has been supporting this for while now. I have a question tho. I have
12 >>>> a few files that are not currently "active". I have them named
13 >>>> package.keyword.old and a few others with other things attached to the
14 >>>> end. Naturally I don't want to include those files but want to hang
15 >>>> onto the files. Is there something that I can do when naming them that
16 >>>> will tell portage to ignore them? Maybe like putting a "#" in front of
17 >>>> the name or something?
18 >>>>
19 >>>> Thanks.
20 >>>>
21 >>>> Dale
22 >>>>
23 >>>> :-) :-)
24 >>>>
25 >>> ???
26 >>>
27 >>> just create package.use/keyword/unmask/mask directory, but do not put the
28 >>> files you don't want to be considered into them.
29 >>>
30 >> So I'll have to store them somewhere else huh? That will work I guess.
31 >> Hmmm, /root I guess. Would be nice to have them all in one place tho.
32 >>
33 >> Thanks much.
34 >>
35 >> Dale
36 >>
37 >> :-) :-)
38 >>
39 >>
40 >
41 > no, just let them linger in /etc/portage
42 >
43 > as long as they don't end on *keyword *use *mask *unmask they won't get
44 > considered.
45 >
46 >
47 >
48
49 That should work. I didn't know that little tidbit of info.
50
51 Thanks.
52
53 Dale
54
55 :-) :-)