[gentoo-amd64] Where has package.keywords gone?

[gentoo-amd64] Where has package.keywords gone?

[Peter Humphrey]

I used to have a package.keywords file in /etc/portage/, but since 
installing crossdev that is now a directory, thus:

# ls -l /etc/portage/package.keywords
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 202 2007-02-11 10:52 cross-i686-pc-linux-gnu

Now where has the old file gone, and where do I put things that I would have 
put in it? The portage Web page offers no hints.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Where has package.keywords gone?

[Kevin F. Quinn]

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:32:01 +0100
Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:

> I used to have a package.keywords file in /etc/portage/, but since 
> installing crossdev that is now a directory, thus:
> 
> # ls -l /etc/portage/package.keywords
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 202 2007-02-11 10:52 cross-i686-pc-linux-gnu

Hmm; crossdev shouldn't have deleted the file - if you're confident
that's what did it, file a bug on bugzilla.gentoo.org against
crossdev.  Include the exact version of crossdev that you have.

Normally crossdev would append its data to the file, if it was
previously a file, and if it was a directory (or didn't exist, I guess)
crossdev would put its data in a file in the directory (as you see
above).

> Now where has the old file gone, and where do I put things that I
> would have put in it? The portage Web page offers no hints.

I would imagine that the old file has been deleted.  You can put the
data in any filename inside (what is now the
directory) /etc/portage/package.keywords/  You can call the file
whatever you want - indeed you can have as many files as you want, so
you can group the keyworded packages in a way that's suitable for you.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Where has package.keywords gone?

[Peter Humphrey]

On Thursday 29 March 2007 19:02:36 Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:32:01 +0100
>
> Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> > I used to have a package.keywords file in /etc/portage/, but since
> > installing crossdev that is now a directory, thus:
> >
> > # ls -l /etc/portage/package.keywords
> > total 4
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 202 2007-02-11 10:52 cross-i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Hmm; crossdev shouldn't have deleted the file - if you're confident
> that's what did it, file a bug on bugzilla.gentoo.org against
> crossdev.  Include the exact version of crossdev that you have.

I can't actually be confident that there ever was one, after thinking a bit 
more, so I'd better not stir up any trouble :-)

> You can put the data in any filename inside (what is now the
> directory) /etc/portage/package.keywords/  You can call the file 
> whatever you want - indeed you can have as many files as you want, so
> you can group the keyworded packages in a way that's suitable for you.

That's what I needed to know - thanks.

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Peter Humphrey
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