Hello, all,
On the page in subject, there's 2 sentences which are contradictory one
another to my feeling. Either it's me, either this is a hint to
eventually change the sentences :
"Create a $SYSROOT/etc/make.conf file, and assign any path-related
values in it as if SYSROOT were simply /. emerge should automatically
adjust these values whenever ROOT and PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT are set to
something other than /". Let's take, for an example's sake, a SYSROOT of
"/usr/i586-pc-linux-gnu"
The first sentence makes think that one should specify *full* paths.
Because if one would need e.g. to specify a file
/usr/i586-pc-linux-gnu/etc/make.conf, then one would specify ("as if
SYSROOT were simply /") that file as "/usr/i586-pc-linux-gnu/etc/make.conf".
On the other hand, I don't believe that's really the intention, because
the second sentence kind of contradicts this: why would there be the
need to specify full paths, if emerge automatically adjusts these values
anyway ? So then I'd specify "/etc/make.conf", and have SYSROOT and
emerge do their work.
The example some lines further down the page doesn't come to the rescue
either, as there aren't any path- related files specified in there. Is
this one such of these opportunities for creating a better doc (and :
what is the intention : specify full paths, or not) ?
Kind regards
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