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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on a Beaglebone
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:48:03
Message-Id: 20120806074527.GB3236@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on a Beaglebone by Bryan Gardiner
1 Bryan Gardiner <bog@××××××.net> [12-08-06 09:24]:
2 > On August 6, 2012 06:51:41 AM meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
3 > >
4 > > What is meant with "please convert /etc/portage/package.keywords to a
5 > > directory" What will happen to the contents of that file? What is the name
6 > > of the directory to create? How can I fix that?
7 > >
8 > > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
9 > > Best regards,
10 > > mcc
11 >
12 > package.keywords can be a directory instead of a file, in which case the "file"
13 > that ends up getting used is the concatenation of all of the files in the
14 > directory. It lets you split your keywords up rather than having one large
15 > monolithic file. In my case:
16 >
17 > $ ll /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/
18 > total 28
19 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4314 Apr 22 12:42 eclipse-3.7
20 > -rw-r--r-- 1 khumba khumba 8739 Aug 1 23:56 kde-4.9.keywords.2012-08-01
21 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3999 Aug 2 23:11 mine
22 >
23 > The KDE file for example is provided on the Gentoo KDE page for unmasking all
24 > of the files necessary for KDE 4.9, and you don't have to merge it into your
25 > personal keywords file. You have to be careful not to leave any xxx~ backup
26 > files in the directory, because they count as well.
27 >
28 > The same applies to package.use. The new style is for the file/directory to be
29 > called package.accept_keywords. There's more info in "man 5 portage".
30 >
31 > Cheers,
32 > Bryan
33 >
34
35 Hi Bryan,
36
37 thank you for your help and explanations! :)
38
39 Best regards,
40 mcc