On 30 March 2012 17:08, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > in the install handbook gives "/usr/local/portage" as an example overlay > directory. I thought it was implicit that one shouldn't edit or create > files in /usr/portage because they may be overwritten by the system e.g. > during an "emerge --sync". Maybe the manual needs to state this > explicitly. Also, /usr/local is the "standard" place to keep one's own > software and/or global customizations that aren't handled by the package > manager, but don't belong in one user's home directory. >
Yeah, I don't have that layout /now/, but there was a time where one of my systems had stuff in there, for whatever reason, and I can't recall deciding to put it there myself. But that said, I *have* been using Gentoo since one of the 2004.x releases ... Ah the good old days of having the choice of NPTL ;) -- Kent perl -e "print substr( \"edrgmaM SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3, 3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );" http://kent-fredric.fox.geek.nz
