On 03/10/2018 01:42 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > W dniu sob, 10.03.2018 o godzinie 13∶22 -0800, użytkownik Zac Medico > napisał: >> Please review. This is needed in order to resolve >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/650072. >> >> Title: Portage rsync tree verification unstable >> Author: Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> >> Posted: 2018-03-13 >> Revision: 1 >> News-Item-Format: 2.0 >> Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/portage >> >> Starting with sys-apps/portage-2.3.24, Portage will no longer verify >> the Gentoo repository after rsync by default, which contradicts the >> earlier "Portage rsync tree verification" news item. >> >> If users wish to enable the 'rsync-verify' USE flag for sys-apps/portage, >> they need to follow these steps: >> >> 1) In order to unmask the 'rsync-verify' USE flag, create a file named >> /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask containing a line like the >> following: >> >> sys-apps/portage -rsync-verify > > Why do you need to mask it in the first place? The dependencies are > stable, and it's not like having it unmasked-but-off-by-default is going > to cause any major harm.
It's only in packages.use.stable.mask, but it simplifies the instructions for users if we simply refer to package.use.mask here. Since gemato doesn't have stable keywords yet, the packages.use.stable.mask is needed so that repoman will allow us stabilize the latest sys-apps/portage. -- Thanks, Zac
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