Yes, the same feature would be used to block installs into
/usr/share/doc or /usr/share/info. I think we called it
INSTALL_PROTECT in the previous discution about "noman" etc.
I know a totaly different topic but could be done with the same
portage feature.

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:03:03AM +0100, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
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> On Tuesday 04 November 2003 08:08, Troy Dack wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 17:31, Jesper Fruergaard Andersen wrote:
> > > > 1) Eliminate /etc/issue and rename it if it must be added to the system
> > >
> > > 2) Have the option to say that I don't want this config file from package
> > > xxx or any config file from package xxx. It is annoying to have
> > > configuration files from a package that you know how to configure
> > > yourself and maybe have changed a lot put on the system every time you
> > > update. Yes, you can just delete them, but it is still annoying.
> >
> > I think that would introduce far too much overhead into portage.
> 
> What about a variable INSTALL mask that would mask all files that cannot be 
> installed. (/etc/fstab is a good example too)
> 
> Paul
> 
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