On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 10:23:28 -0400,
Daniel Frey wrote:
>
> On 4/18/20 10:56 AM, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I /thought/ that /etc/portage/package.mask is a file and using it
> > in this manner works as exspected.
> > Also the docs are of that opinion, too:
> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.mask
> >
> > BUT!
> >
> > * error: please convert //etc/portage/package.mask to a directory
> > *
> >
> >
> > urges me to make a directory out of it.
> > After doing so, the command starts.
> >
> > I am confused....slightly...
> >
>
> The devs are deprecating the flat-file version of package.*, I
> have been gettings warnings during emerges indicating that they
> all need to be changed to the directory layout.
>
> If you ignore this eventually emerge will stop working. I've
> already taken the few minutes to move all my boxes to the
> directory layout, and split out the packages to individual
> files. You don't have to go that far though, the entries can stay
> in one file under the new directory structure.
I wonder why they are doing this, I find the single file much easier
to deal with and its easier to make sure I don't have duplicate
entries this way.
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