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| author |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2022-06-05 23:03:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2022-06-05 23:03:45 +0200 |
| commit | db7c43d1218802367ebb3f0ae6bf1903de578a43 (patch) | |
| tree | 609c20a186740d544eda9dad642f9a2dc9a09113 | |
| parent | general-concepts/config-protect: Add example for env.d (diff) | |
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general-concepts/config-protect: Whitespace
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | general-concepts/config-protect/text.xml | 29 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/general-concepts/config-protect/text.xml b/general-concepts/config-protect/text.xml index cca1457..c103108 100644 --- a/general-concepts/config-protect/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/config-protect/text.xml @@ -2,28 +2,29 @@ <guide self="general-concepts/config-protect/"> <chapter> <title>Configuration File Protection</title> - <body> + <p> - Portage includes a system for configuration file protection which means ebuilds - don't have to worry about accidentally clobbering files in <c>/etc</c>. This is - known as 'protection', and it is controlled by the <c>CONFIG_PROTECT</c> and - <c>CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK</c> variables. +Portage includes a system for configuration file protection which means ebuilds +don't have to worry about accidentally clobbering files in <c>/etc</c>. This is +known as 'protection', and it is controlled by the <c>CONFIG_PROTECT</c> and +<c>CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK</c> variables. </p> <p> - Any directory which is listed in <c>CONFIG_PROTECT</c> (and any subdirectories - thereof), except for any which are listed in <c>CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK</c> (and - subdirectories) are automatically 'protected' by Portage when copying an image - from <c>DESTDIR</c> to <c>ROOT</c>. Rather than installing protected files directly, - Portage will install them as <c>._cfg0000_filename</c>. These can then be processed - by the <c>etc-update</c> or <c>dispatch-conf</c> files at the user's discretion. +Any directory which is listed in <c>CONFIG_PROTECT</c> (and any subdirectories +thereof), except for any which are listed in <c>CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK</c> (and +subdirectories) are automatically 'protected' by Portage when copying an image +from <c>DESTDIR</c> to <c>ROOT</c>. Rather than installing protected files +directly, Portage will install them as <c>._cfg0000_filename</c>. These can +then be processed by the <c>etc-update</c> or <c>dispatch-conf</c> files at +the user's discretion. </p> <p> - Packages must <b>not</b> attempt to override this system via <c>pkg_postinst</c> or - similar. If you need a file renamed, removed or changed in a particular way, you - should display a message informing the user. +Packages must <b>not</b> attempt to override this system via <c>pkg_postinst</c> +or similar. If you need a file renamed, removed or changed in a particular way, +you should display a message informing the user. </p> <p> |