On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 21:38 +0100, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> The $ROOT variable allows ebuilds to be installed out of the current root. As 
> a result of this all operations on files that ebuilds perform should be using 
> the $ROOT variable as the root, and not "/". The remark that things work 
> without $ROOT fits most likely with not fully understanding $ROOT

Is $ROOT mentioned in Portage documentation at all in a way that
describes how ebuilds should handle cases where $ROOT != "/"?


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