From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 308301381F3 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:46:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60F3FE0A61; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51EBDE0A43 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5667933EA5A for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:46:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.632 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.632 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.124, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.507, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CLvGZV6wY6Av for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:46:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66E2733EA45 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V4v4x-0001oM-GQ for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:46:15 +0200 Received: from wsip-174-76-82-7.no.no.cox.net ([174.76.82.7]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:46:15 +0200 Received: from boxcars by wsip-174-76-82-7.no.no.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:46:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-systemd-only deprecation Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:46:04 -0500 Organization: none Message-ID: <20130801104604.46ac9eb3@fuchsia.remarqs.net> References: <3017.1375206780@ccs.covici.com> <6349.1375221843@ccs.covici.com> <51F8F63E.9020705@libertytrek.org> <20130731132227.5e582ee7@digimed.co.uk> <51F9034E.7040204@libertytrek.org> <20130731124102.GA12465@dethkomp> <20130801102417.GB29423@waltdnes.org> <20130801121528.27b82f14@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: wsip-174-76-82-7.no.no.cox.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: 358de807-669f-4c00-9e54-603e19993b38 X-Archives-Hash: 83664aa4c5a87c442f814d77ff64b841 On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:15:28 +0100 Neil Bothwick w > On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 06:24:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > You can use it to prevent ebuilds from installing unit files > > > or open-rc scripts from doing so (based on what you want to > > > opt-out of). > > > > From the man page... > > > INSTALL_MASK = [space delimited list of file names] > > > > I do not want to input umpteen files names, or even extensions. > > The man page says nothing about masking out directories. > > "Everything is a file", nor does the man page say anything about not > using it to mask out directories. Bearing in mind that this is the > means chosen by the devs, it is reasonable to assume that it is > practicable. Elsewhere, man make.conf uses "[space delimited list of files and/or directories]", e.g. when describing CONFIG_PROTECT's value. IMO it's reasonable to expect the man page to be consistent.