Hi Michael Saturday 24 Feb 2018 02:48:02, Michael Lienhardt wrote : > I noticed that the following files are not mentioned, or stated optional in > the PMS: > - profiles/repo_name > - metadata/layout.conf > > It seems to me that without these files, portage complains. Shouldn't them be > declared as mandatory? > > - profiles/package.use and profiles/make.defaults > (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/USE_ORDER) > These files are not documented in the PMS: should the package manager > recognize these files? (if so, I think it would be clearer to document them > in the PMS) > > Also, in https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/pms/head/pms.html#x1-430004.7.1 the > directory is named metadata/cache while it is named metadata/md5-cache in my > repository. > > > Should I report something on the Gentoo Bugzilla? > > Best, > Michael Lienhardt >
Please do. If the documentation is lacking for these files, it must be fixed ASAP. Thanks for picking this up! -- Patrice Clement Gentoo Linux developer http://www.gentoo.org
