Re: [gentoo-user] dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask

2020-04-19 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 12:12:02PM -0400, John Covici wrote > > 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. /etc/portage/package.use/package.use (giggle) -- Walter Dnes I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask

2020-04-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 12:12:02 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask

2020-04-19 Thread John Covici
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: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask

2020-04-19 Thread Daniel Frey
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

Re: [gentoo-user] dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask

2020-04-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 19:56:19 +0200, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > 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: Are they> From man portage: /etc/portage/ Files in this directory including

[gentoo-user] dir or file? >> /etc/portage/package.mask

2020-04-18 Thread tuxic
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! host:/root>crossdev -t arm-none-eabi -