The metadata/ directory at the top level of the tree should be mentioned in the General Concepts/The Portage Tree section. metadata/layout.conf can later be referenced as to why the Manifest file does not include .ebuild files anymore. Reproducible: Always
commit fe224c4eab5ab7ccfa637903bc2ee7c2be339d6d Author: Wim Muskee <wimmuskee@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Sun Nov 13 16:44:51 2016 +0100 Commit: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk@gentoo.org> CommitDate: Wed Nov 30 01:34:07 2016 -0500 general-concepts/tree: Add mention for metadata directory in gentoo tree Gentoo-Bug: 572150
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