Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] @sets and @profile does not work when ROOT=PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT=/my/new/root

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

On 10/22/2015 11:29 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-10-22 at 08:54 -0700, Zac Medico wrote:
>> On 10/22/2015 12:05 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>>> I don't use world_sets, I have in my profile(/my/new/root/usr/local/portage/tmv3-target-overlay):
>>> # > cat sets.conf 
>>> [CUSFPv3 sets]
>>> class = portage.sets.files.StaticFileSet
>>> multiset = true
>>> directory = ${repository:tmv3-target-overlay}/sets/
>>>
>>> [world]
>>> class = portage.sets.base.DummyPackageSet
>>> packages =  @cusfpv3 @profile @selected @system
>>>
>>> and in sets/:
>>> # > cat sets/cusfpv3
>>> net-ftp/ftp
>>> net-ftp/tftp-hpa
>>> net-ftp/vsftpd
>>> ....
>>>
>>> and now it hits me, this line:
>>>  directory = ${repository:tmv3-target-overlay}/sets/
>>> does it always refer too ROOT=/ ?
>>
>> You need to use %(ROOT)s${repository:tmv3-target-overlay}/sets to
>> substitute $ROOT into the set configuration. For example, the default
>> set configuration located at /usr/share/portage/config/sets/portage.conf
>> does something similar with %(PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT)s.
> 
> Nice! I am a bit puzzled over the trailing s in ..)s, is that a typo? if not
> what does it mean?

The trailing s is required. It's python configparser interpolation syntax:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#interpolation-of-values

> Can I use %(PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT) in repos.conf too? or is it not needed?

Yes you can use it (but you need the trailing s). It's needed for any
absolute paths that refer to /etc/portage.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac