491426 – repos.conf is confusing name for directory

Bug 491426 - repos.conf is confusing name for directory

Summary: repos.conf is confusing name for directory

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Conceptual/Abstract Ideas (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Keywords:	InVCS

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Blocks:	484436
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Reported:	2013-11-16 16:47 UTC by Theo Chatzimichos (RETIRED)
Modified:	2014-01-06 00:41 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Theo Chatzimichos (RETIRED) archtester

2013-11-16 16:47:29 UTC

Please consider renaming it to something else, eg repos.conf.d or repos.d

Comment 1 Ben Kohler gentoo-dev

2013-11-16 16:50:06 UTC

It can be a flat file or dir, just like most of the rest of /etc/portage/

Comment 2 Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-12-02 01:33:27 UTC

Ben is correct. It's the same as the package.{use,mask,unmask,keyword} scenario. However, it is (was) undocumented. Fix is in git.

Comment 3 Brian Dolbec (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-12-02 02:09:26 UTC

Updated docs:

commit http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=69132988b8a9a865d3d46f2c8af1e3f5984c1fc9

Comment 4 Brian Dolbec (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-01-06 00:41:56 UTC

Released in sys-apps/portage-2.2.8.