On Saturday 15 Jul 2017 16:07:26 Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Samstag, 15. Juli 2017, 15:11:03 CEST schrieb Peter Humphrey: > > On Saturday 15 Jul 2017 12:14:52 Daniel Wagener wrote: > > > On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:00:01 +0100 > > > Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > [...] > > > Why not just go there and do a "git diff"? > > > It will show you what changed – maybe that gives an Idea what happened > > > > It showed me that I'd changed "masters =" to "masters = gentoo" in > > layout.conf, which I knew because I'd been told to at some time. > > That's ridiculous. You're configuring the main portage tree to be a > master of itself. Search for "masters" in portage(5) for an explanation > of what that option is for (it's mainly interesting for overlays).
Nevertheless, I did only follow an instruction in a Gentoo wiki page. It said the change was "for future compatibility" or some such. I wouldn't just have made it up for myself. --->8 > What probably happened is that this is the first time something changed in > layout.conf since you added the "masters" line, thus why git never > complained. --->8 > Since git is a version control system, it won't blindly overwrite local > changes, so it's best not to make any :) (so don't add that change back > in, since it's pointless anyway). Always use your own overlay if you > want to make changes. > > HTH Yes. Thanks. -- Regards Peter
