Bug 349505 – sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.25: VIDEO_CARDS in /etc/portage/package/make.defaults broken

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Thomas Bettler 2010-12-23 16:34:05 UTC]

I got my VIDEO_CARDS specified in /etc/portage/package/make.defaults

Since I upgraded to sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.25 VIDEO_CARDS from /etc/portage/package/make.defaults is no longer functional, while in sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.24 it worked seamlessly.

According to the docs any var may be defined in /etc/portage/package/make.defaults, true? Interestingly enough INPUT_DEVICES in the same file still works as before.

Thank you for your answear to my observed behaviour of portage.

Happy X-mas

[Comment 1 Zac Medico 2010-12-23 17:02:27 UTC]

It's /etc/portage/'profile', not /etc/portage/'package'.

There was a behavior change in 2.1.9.25:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=637a13355cf4cc2906e34b61606d31d62acc9fcc

VIDEO_CARDS setttings in make.defaults should still work, but they will behave a little differently.

[Comment 2 Zac Medico 2010-12-23 17:07:15 UTC]

Specifically, the new behavior is that a VIDEO_CARDS setting in make.defaults will no longer cause other VIDEO_CARDS settings from the profile to be discarded. The settings will be added together.

[Comment 3 Zac Medico 2015-03-04 22:24:29 UTC]

The behavior has changed again for bug 530222.