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From: James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Eapi 6 ?
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Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:


> You can often do it without touching the ebuild at all by putting

> post_src_unpack() {
>         cd "${S}"
>         epatch_user
> }

> in /etc/portage/env/category/package[-version]

Thx Neil,

Nice trick to know.  But,
I do not have an /etc/portage/env/ dir?
Just make them up?

Or is this the reference:
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/env


Any docs somewhere as this looks more like a "sets" trick?


curiously,
James