On 7/22/07, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:27:09 +0200 Dirk Heinrichs <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am Samstag, 21. Juli 2007 schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
>
>> echo "dev-java/blackdown-jre nsplugin" >>
>> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask echo "dev-java/blackdown-jdk
nsplugin"
>> >> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask echo
"dev-java/blackdown-java3d-bin
>> nsplugin" >> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask
>
> No. /etc/make.profile is a softlink into the portage tree. What ever you
> change there will be overwritten when you sync the tree next time. The
> correct file is /etc/portage/package.use and the entry should be
>
> dev-java/blackdown-jdk -nsplugin
>
> And, this is only needed when you use this package. As long as it's not
> installed on your system, you don't even need to worry.
Thank you. I was fooled by "man portage", but I should have know
better. That is, I knew full well, but forgot, that /usr/profile is
temporary and that user changes should be make in /etc/portage.
Should I file a bug with proposed extra words for the beginning of the
"portage" man page?
thanks again,
allan
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the manpage for portage has both references to /etc/make.profile/ and
/etc/portage/ (it's in the synopsis):
/etc/
make.globals
make.conf(5)
/etc/make.profile/
deprecated
make.defaults
packages
packages.build
package.provided
package.use
package.use.force
package.use.mask
parent
profile.bashrc
use.force
use.mask
virtuals
/etc/portage/
bashrc
modules
package.keywords
package.mask
package.unmask
package.use
mirrors
categories
/etc/portage/profile/
site-specific overrides of /etc/make.profile/
/usr/portage/profiles/
arch.list
categories
info_pkgs
info_vars
package.mask
profiles.desc
thirdpartymirrors
use.desc
use.local.desc
/var/cache/edb/
misc internal cache files
/var/db/pkg/
database to track installed packages
/var/lib/portage/
config
world
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