Re: profile masking

>>>>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2020, Zac Medico wrote:

> On 8/14/20 8:42 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>> Yes, I know I can add that in profile/package.mask but I am looking
>> for the bigger picture here. This has to stop somehow, there need to
>> be something that limits the mask scope to the repo/overlay it is
>> defined.

> The scope is already limited, but this overlay inherits the mask because
> it has the gentoo repo as its master (either implicitly or via a masters
> setting in metadata/layout.conf).

> I suppose we could add an option to prevent this inheritance.

Like an option in repos.conf or layout.conf?

The problem I see with this is that preventing inheritance would disable
files like license_groups or thirdpartymirrors. So overlays would have
to maintain their own versions.

>> I think a good start would be to consider /etc/portage the top
>> profile and other subprofiles should be able to use the same features
>> as /etc/portage.
>> 
>> Portage could start supporting that now, but there would be a while
>> until one can use them in Gentoo profile.

> We've got this bug open for the ::repo atom support:

> https://bugs.gentoo.org/651208

I still believe that adding ::gentoo to every line in package.mask would
be the wrong approach to the problem.

Ulrich