Am Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009 02:59:43 schrieb maxim.wex...@gmail.com:

> I meant I did not want things to get too complicated by adding lots of
> packages before I understood the system.
>
> In my grep of env.d their are only 5 lines _all_CONFIG_PROTECT_MASKs.
> None of then lead to /etc/init.d. So why should paludis -u cpufreqd
> not also remove the actual executable from the dir? Same with
> cpufreqd.conf. That too was left behind after the "uninstall"
>
> You have '43kdepaths:CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/share/config" ' Did you
> write that one yourself or does paludis to that?

Neither. Ebuilds do that.

> I'd like to understand these things before I get in too deep.  What
> *is* the difference between CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?
> One "protects" while the other "masks". Does the one that "masks"
> "protect" some files and not others?

That should be explained in the portage docs.

> Thanks in advance if you wish to spend more time on something you
> already know.

I must admit I never really cared about that stuff.

Bye...

        Dirk

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