Bryan Gardiner <b...@khumba.net> [12-08-06 09:24]: > On August 6, 2012 06:51:41 AM meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > What is meant with "please convert /etc/portage/package.keywords to a > > directory" What will happen to the contents of that file? What is the name > > of the directory to create? How can I fix that? > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > Best regards, > > mcc > > package.keywords can be a directory instead of a file, in which case the > "file" > that ends up getting used is the concatenation of all of the files in the > directory. It lets you split your keywords up rather than having one large > monolithic file. In my case: > > $ ll /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/ > total 28 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4314 Apr 22 12:42 eclipse-3.7 > -rw-r--r-- 1 khumba khumba 8739 Aug 1 23:56 kde-4.9.keywords.2012-08-01 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3999 Aug 2 23:11 mine > > The KDE file for example is provided on the Gentoo KDE page for unmasking all > of the files necessary for KDE 4.9, and you don't have to merge it into your > personal keywords file. You have to be careful not to leave any xxx~ backup > files in the directory, because they count as well. > > The same applies to package.use. The new style is for the file/directory to > be > called package.accept_keywords. There's more info in "man 5 portage". > > Cheers, > Bryan >
Hi Bryan, thank you for your help and explanations! :) Best regards, mcc
