On Tuesday 04 November 2003 08:08, Troy Dack wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 17:31, Jesper Fruergaard Andersen wrote:
> > > 1) Eliminate /etc/issue and rename it if it must be added to the system
> >
> > 2) Have the option to say that I don't want this config file from package
> > xxx or any config file from package xxx. It is annoying to have
> > configuration files from a package that you know how to configure
> > yourself and maybe have changed a lot put on the system every time you
> > update. Yes, you can just delete them, but it is still annoying.
>
> I think that would introduce far too much overhead into portage.

What about a variable INSTALL mask that would mask all files that cannot be 
installed. (/etc/fstab is a good example too)

Paul

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