Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] preventing keyboard layout files from being overritten during system upgrades
Date:	Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:49:08
Message-Id:	`1856347.Z8B84flDEq@wstn`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] preventing keyboard layout files from being overritten during system upgrades by Stroller

1	On Friday 04 December 2015 12:38:16 Stroller wrote:
2	> > On Fri, 4 December 2015, at 12:10 p.m., Peter Humphrey
3	> > <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:>
4	> > On Friday 04 December 2015 13:55:30 gevisz wrote:
5	> >> So, my main question is How can I ensure that the already
6	> >> edited /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ru file will not be overwritten
7	> >> during the next system update.
8	> >
9	> > Add it to CONFIG_PROTECT in make.conf.
10	>
11	> Surely it should go in somewhere like /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/symbols/
12	> instead.
13
14	What should go there?
15
16	> Making the original /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ directory read-only
17	> prevents updates and bug fixes being applied.
18
19	I don't understand. No-one suggested read-only directories. We seem to be at
20	cross-purposes.
21
22	--
23	Rgds
24	Peter