On 10/25/2014 09:57 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/7/2014 6:03 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tuesday 07 Oct 2014 22:56:28 Mike Gilbert wrote: >>> Quite the opposite. Ideally, you should remove the PORTDIR setting >>> from make.conf. repos.conf is the newer, more flexible way to >>> configure it. >>> >>> Unfortunately, that will break some of the third-party portage tools >>> which parse make.conf directly. > >> <Scratches head> ... so are we supposed to guess this, wait for a news >> article >> somewhere, or will it show up in an emerge log somewhere? > > So... would appreciate a response from someone who knows. > > I really dislike making systemic changes like this without really solid > guidance on how (and hopefully the why too)... >
I'm only guessing, but I don't think PORTDIR is going away for a while. Eventually, portage will probably begin to warn you if you have PORTDIR set in your make.conf, and will tell you to move your settings to repos.conf (with a pointer to the man page or wiki). That'll stick around for another while. Then, you'll get a news item telling you that PORTDIR is going away in a month or so. Finally, your shit will stop working and that's your final warning =) More realistically, the portage upgrade might die or ewarn loudly if you still have PORTDIR set.
