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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:06:26
Message-Id: 20221031230618.4cb3f6d4@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal by Arve Barsnes
1 On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:32:34 +0100, Arve Barsnes wrote:
2
3 > On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 at 22:12, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
4 > >
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 > > > >/etc/portage/sets/x11 emerge -n @x11
9 > > >
10 > > > Saves filling @world with dozens of x11 entries.
11 > >
12 > > 1) Has /var/lib/portage/set_name been deprecated?
13 >
14 > No. The new default is now /var/lib/portage. Check your
15 > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf if you're in doubt about where
16 > your main repo is.
17
18 When did that happen? The portage man page still shows /etc/portage/sets/
19 as the location for user-defined sets.
20
21
22 > > 2) Will items in /etc/portage/sets/<whatever> be automatically
23 > > updated each time you update world?
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25 Provided the set is in world_sets, all packages in it will be treated as
26 if they were in @world for updates.
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29 --
30 Neil Bothwick
31
32 Guns don't kill people--it's those little pieces of lead.

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Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>