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 != "/"? -- Regards, Lisa Seelye GPG: 09CF5 2D6B8 2B72B 997A7 601BC B46B5 561E4 96FC5 http://www.thedoh.com/~lisa/site
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