From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1ICzhH-00025N-Ie for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:19:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6NFIS4s008902; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:18:28 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6NFDdAg003421 for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:13:40 GMT Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-4578d5e5.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.213.229]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6NFDdJF017555 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:13:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id 001A719D92E; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:13:33 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] the nsplugin use flag References: <200707220927.09638.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> <642958cc0707230457w2334f557u4b7cf25cde0fde@mail.gmail.com> From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:13:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <642958cc0707230457w2334f557u4b7cf25cde0fde@mail.gmail.com> (Mark Shields's message of "Mon\, 23 Jul 2007 07\:57\:09 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 51e6d610-ab0c-470c-a8af-bed8aeeb8c26 X-Archives-Hash: d15f9031e7fcb03acf3304acf4780a87 At Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:57:09 -0400 Mark Shields wrote: > On 7/22/07, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> >> 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? >> -- >> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> > the manpage for portage has both references to /etc/make.profile/ and > /etc/portage/ (it's in the synopsis): Sure, but it doesn't remind you that changing /etc/portage is the way to go. Indeed if you read the description for > /etc/make.profile/ > package.use.mask (given later in the man page) it sounds like a fine way to prevent a use flag from applying to a package. It is correct that > /etc/portage/ > package.use is also described and also seems like a fine way to prevent (or enable) a use flag from applying to a package. I was asking if some words should be at the very top of the man page stating that /etc/make.profile is the place for user changes. allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list