On 7/22/07, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> wrote:
>
> At Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:27:09 +0200 Dirk Heinrichs <
> dirk.heinrichs@online.de> wrote:
>
> > Am Samstag, 21. Juli 2007 schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
> >
> >> echo "dev-java/blackdown-jre nsplugin" >>
> >> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask echo "dev-java/blackdown-jdk
> nsplugin"
> >> >> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask echo
> "dev-java/blackdown-java3d-bin
> >> nsplugin" >> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask
> >
> > No. /etc/make.profile is a softlink into the portage tree. What ever you
> > change there will be overwritten when you sync the tree next time. The
> > correct file is /etc/portage/package.use and the entry should be
> >
> > dev-java/blackdown-jdk -nsplugin
> >
> > And, this is only needed when you use this package. As long as it's not
> > installed on your system, you don't even need to worry.
>
> Thank you.  I was fooled by "man portage", but I should have know
> better.  That is, I knew full well, but forgot, that /usr/profile is
> temporary and that user changes should be make in /etc/portage.
> Should I file a bug with proposed extra words for the beginning of the
> "portage" man page?
>
> thanks again,
> allan
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>
>
the manpage for portage has both references to /etc/make.profile/ and
/etc/portage/ (it's in the synopsis):

       /etc/
              make.globals
              make.conf(5)

       /etc/make.profile/
              deprecated
              make.defaults
              packages
              packages.build
              package.provided
              package.use
              package.use.force
              package.use.mask
              parent
              profile.bashrc
              use.force
              use.mask
              virtuals

       /etc/portage/
              bashrc
              modules
              package.keywords
              package.mask
              package.unmask
              package.use
              mirrors
              categories

       /etc/portage/profile/
              site-specific overrides of /etc/make.profile/

       /usr/portage/profiles/
              arch.list
              categories
              info_pkgs
              info_vars
              package.mask
              profiles.desc
              thirdpartymirrors
              use.desc
              use.local.desc

       /var/cache/edb/
              misc internal cache files

       /var/db/pkg/
              database to track installed packages

       /var/lib/portage/
              config
              world


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