From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16107 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2004 17:47:49 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 13 Sep 2004 17:47:49 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C6uvd-0004Xd-4c for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:47:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 3699 invoked by uid 89); 13 Sep 2004 17:46:48 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 11976 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2004 17:46:48 +0000 Message-ID: <4145DD06.2020505@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:46:46 +0200 From: Xavier Neys User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040805) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <200409111422.28355.stuart@gentoo.org> <200409112258.56124.jstubbs@gentoo.org> <200409111503.42132.stuart@gentoo.org> <20040913173636.GH27483@redhate.futuretel.com> In-Reply-To: <20040913173636.GH27483@redhate.futuretel.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.85.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6B9AFF590F977311A431FDD5" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge X-Archives-Salt: e6ef6ee1-7641-499b-ad30-e9f1644aaa5f X-Archives-Hash: 21c7a5f5b4c457b8526b8be651c1e7d3 --------------enig6B9AFF590F977311A431FDD5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David Bryson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 03:03:37PM +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote: > >>On Saturday 11 September 2004 14:58, Jason Stubbs wrote: >> >>>What's wrong with CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK? >> >>Heh. Wasn't aware of that ;-) >> >>I prefer having the /etc/portage/automerge.dirs config file anyhow. >>Individual entries can be commented by whichever admin added them, making it >>a little easier to maintain. >> > > > is there anywhere that any of the functionality of /etc/portage is documented > ? All I ever hear are wisps of black magic and mystery about > /etc/portage/package.mask and other strange things like this comment here. Try http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=0 for a start and man portage for more info. Hth -- / Xavier Neys \_ Gentoo Documentation Project / French & Internationalisation Lead \ http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en /\ --------------enig6B9AFF590F977311A431FDD5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBRd0HbRzXDXoJCQIRAgpXAJ9775Btkanh1aiWaXZm1jXsyIyA/gCgqxXt /0N/VthQZCqFjiUxuHtrmOo= =GMav -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6B9AFF590F977311A431FDD5--