Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: hacking an ebuild
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:11:26
Message-Id: 200706211400.43812.bo.andresen@zlin.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: hacking an ebuild by Alan McKinnon
1 On Thursday 21 June 2007 10:01:56 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > > > to /etc/portage/package.keywords? No matter what the
3 > > > KEYWORDS of an ebuild
4 > > > are (or aren't) they can be accepted by a proper
5 > > > entry in package.keywords
6 > > > (** if empty)...
7 > >
8 > > Not sure what you are saying here. Can you give me the explicit line
9 > > to add to the /etc/portage/package.keywords
10 > >
11 > >
12 > > confused....
13 >
14 > <section-name>/<package-name> * ~* **
15
16 * accepts any stable keyword. ~* accepts any testing keyword. -* accepts -*
17 keywords. ** accepts even if there are no keywords at all (which means
18 basically anything will be accepted)... I'd never use ** where it isn't
19 necessary...
20
21 > This will make the package visible under just about any circumstance,
22 > whether it is stable, unstable or not keyworded for your arch.
23
24 It's also redundant (in that ** will cover anything anyway)... ;)
25
26 > see 'man 5 portage', section package.keywords around about line 330 for
27 > more info. This feature is relatively new and if you last read the
28 > howtos some time ago (like me...) you might not be aware of it yet
29
30 Only ** was added recently. At the same time KEYWORDS="-*" was banned in
31 favour of KEYWORDS="".
32
33 --
34 Bo Andresen

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