On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:08:44 +1100 Troy Dack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2) Have the option to say that I don't want this config file from > > package xxx or any config file from package xxx. It is annoying to > > have configuration files from a package that you know how to > > configure yourself and maybe have changed a lot put on the system > > every time you update. Yes, you can just delete them, but it is > > still annoying. > > I think that would introduce far too much overhead into portage. > I don't think so. In fact, I've already started to add a MERGE_EXCLUDE (and MERGE_EXCLUDE_MASK) to portage. It's almost finished, and really won't be a "big" change to portage. In theory, it may slow down the merge process if you have many entries in this variables, but I personnaly have not seen the difference during my tests. I've started this because of the discussion that happens here a few days ago, where some people asked how to avoid portage installing info, man, or doc files. But using it to prohibit /etc/issue or /etc/cron.daily would work just the same. I will try to finish it tonight, and will probably post back tomorrow. -- TGL. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
