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: Content-Description: signed data > 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 > > -- > Paul de Vrieze > Gentoo Developer > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
