On 04/27/12 00:03, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?):
* two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and
package.use.stable.force
* syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force
* meaning is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force, except that
the resulting rules are ONLY applied iff a stable keyword is in use
Wouldn't it be more obvious/simple to have an extra profile subdirectory
containing package.use.mask and package.use.force?
Maybe in combination with 'eselect profile' to be able to select multiple
profiles [1], selecting both what /etc/make.profile pointed to as symlink
as well as some /usr/portage/profile/unstable/$arch - to avoid the need
for having an extra unstable/ subdir within each (selectable) profile dir.
Actually, I do have an extra unstable/ subdir for each selectable profile
here, besides an extra buildbot/ subdir too...
As a side effect, this wouldn't affect EAPI in any way.
[1]
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_a69bee8bfa00146ee05e49adf722e791.xml
my .02
/haubi/
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Michael Haubenwallner
Gentoo on a different level
