Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.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 12:38:33
Message-Id: 81CB82B1-7908-49E0-BABC-598DF7BA495F@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] preventing keyboard layout files from being overritten during system upgrades by Peter Humphrey
1 > On Fri, 4 December 2015, at 12:10 p.m., Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Friday 04 December 2015 13:55:30 gevisz wrote:
4 >
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.
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11 Surely it should go in somewhere like /usr/local/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ instead.
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13 Making the original /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ directory read-only prevents updates and bug fixes being applied.
14
15 Stroller.

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