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On Saturday 15 Jul 2017 16:07:26 Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> Am Samstag, 15. Juli 2017, 15:11:03 CEST schrieb Peter Humphrey: |
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> > On Saturday 15 Jul 2017 12:14:52 Daniel Wagener wrote: |
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> > > On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:00:01 +0100 |
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> > > Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> [...] |
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> > > Why not just go there and do a "git diff"? |
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> > > It will show you what changed – maybe that gives an Idea what happened |
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> > It showed me that I'd changed "masters =" to "masters = gentoo" in |
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> > layout.conf, which I knew because I'd been told to at some time. |
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> That's ridiculous. You're configuring the main portage tree to be a |
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> master of itself. Search for "masters" in portage(5) for an explanation |
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> of what that option is for (it's mainly interesting for overlays). |
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Nevertheless, I did only follow an instruction in a Gentoo wiki page. It |
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said the change was "for future compatibility" or some such. I wouldn't just |
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have made it up for myself. |
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> What probably happened is that this is the first time something changed in |
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> layout.conf since you added the "masters" line, thus why git never |
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> complained. |
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> Since git is a version control system, it won't blindly overwrite local |
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> changes, so it's best not to make any :) (so don't add that change back |
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> in, since it's pointless anyway). Always use your own overlay if you |
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> want to make changes. |
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> HTH |
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Yes. Thanks. |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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