On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 13:49:15 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > > Ok, so you're saying that putting the CONFIG_PROTECT in make.conf, > > makes the directory read-only only for portage, right?
> Nope. It just enabled configuration protection, as is the default > for /etc. > > So changes go into new files, and then you can merge them with > dispatch-conf or cfg-update or whatever your favorite tool for merging > config file changes is. > > If somebody has a link to the docs for this please post it, as it > seems like this has disappeared from the handbook. This used to be > Gentoo 101... man emerge - the section on configuration files. Yes, it was a bit of a treasure hunt finding that, it was mentioned in man make.conf but nothing about it in man portage :( -- Neil Bothwick Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
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