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On 02/07/12 15:08, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:46:04 -0600 |
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> Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Alan McKinnon |
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>> <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Anyone know a link to documentation on what the syntax is in |
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>>> portage's set files? I once had a skimpy doc (since lost) that |
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>>> described operators like + - / that let you add, remove and replace |
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>>> named atoms in a set file. |
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>> Portage documentation, Part I Chapter 2 "Package Set Configuration" |
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>> should have more than you ever wanted to know about sets. :) Emerge |
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>> portage with USE="doc" if you don't already have it in |
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>> /usr/share/doc/portage*/html/. |
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> Ah, that explains it. I have USE=-doc set globally and it never occurred |
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> to me to enable it for portage :-) I have only a few packages where |
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> USE=doc is enabled. I'd always sorta assumed the real docs were on a |
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> wiki somewhere :-) |
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I tried to look for these a few days ago and did the same thing. Someone |
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should really put up a webpage titled "Portage package sets |
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documentation" that says "try checking /usr/share/doc/portage". |
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