Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] Re: dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask
Date:	Sun, 19 Apr 2020 16:42:38
Message-Id:	`20200419164223.e5ccr5kgnuleoukj@matica`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask by John Covici

1	On 2020-04-19 12:12, John Covici wrote:
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3	> I wonder why they are doing this, I find the single file much easier
4	> to deal with and its easier to make sure I don't have duplicate
5	> entries this way.
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7	Well, as Daniel wrote, you can still keep all the entries in a single
8	file; you just have to move the file one level down the directory
9	hierarchy.
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11	I agree though, it seems pointless, and likely to make portage start up
12	time even longer.
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15	Ian