Handbook:Parts/Portage/Files/es

Directivas de configuración
Portage viene con una configuración predefinida guardada en. Toda la configuración de Portage se realiza a través de variables. A qué variables atiende Portage y que significan se describe un poco después.

Como muchas directivas de configuración varían de unas arquitecturas a otras, Portage también posee algunos archivos de configuración que son parte de perfil. Su perfil está apuntado por el enlace simbólico ; las configuraciones de Portage se realizan en los archivos de su perfil y de todos los perfiles padres. Explicaremos algo más sobre perfiles y el directorio más adelante.

Si está pensando en cambiar una variable de configuración, no modifique o. En lugar de eso utilice el cual tiene preferencia sobre los archivos anteriores. También encontrará. Como su propio nombre indica, este archivo es meramente un ejemplo y Portage no lo utilizará con ningún propósito.

También puede definir una variable de configuración para Portage como una variable de entorno, pero no es recomendable.

Información específica del perfil
Ya hemos hablado del directorio. Bien, exactamente no es un directorio sino un enlace simbólico a un perfil, por defecto uno perteneciente a aunque también puede crear un perfil en cualquier otro lado y apuntarlo. El perfil al cual apunta el enlace simbólico será el que tenga en cuenta su sistema.

Un perfil contiene información específica para Portage sobre cada arquitectura, tal como una lista de paquetes que pertenecen al sistema correspondiente con ese perfil, una lista de paquetes que no funcionan (o están enmascarados) para ese perfil, etc.

Configuración específica de usuario
When portage's behavior needs to be changed regarding the installation of software, then the right set of files inside will need to be changed. It is highly recommended to use files within and highly discouraged to override the behavior through environment variables!

Within users can create the following files:
 * which lists the packages that portage should never try to install
 * which lists the packages portage should be able to install even though the Gentoo developers highly discourage users from emerging them
 * which lists the packages portage should be able to install even though the package hasn't been found suitable for the system or architecture (yet)
 * which lists the USE flags to use for certain packages without having the entire system use those USE flags

These don't have to be files; they can also be directories that contain one file per package. More information about the directory and a full list of possible files that can be created can be found in the Portage man page:

Changing portage file and directory locations
The previously mentioned configuration files cannot be stored elsewhere - portage will always look for those configuration files at those exact locations. However, portage uses many other locations for various purposes: build directory, source code storage, Portage tree location, ...

All these purposes have well-known default locations but can be altered to personal taste through. The rest of this chapter explains what special-purpose locations Portage uses and how to alter their placement on the filesystem.

This document isn't meant to be used as a reference though. To get 100% coverage, please consult the portage and make.conf man pages:

Portage tree
The portage tree default location is. This is defined by the PORTDIR variable. When storing the portage tree elsewhere (by altering this variable), don't forget to change the symbolic link accordingly.

After changing the PORTDIR variable, it is recommended to alter the following variables as well since they will not notice the PORTDIR change. This is due to how Portage handles variables: PKGDIR, DISTDIR, RPMDIR.

Prebuilt binaries
Even though Portage doesn't use prebuilt binaries by default, it has extensive support for them. When asking Portage to work with prebuilt packages, it will look for them in. This location is defined by the PKGDIR variable.

Source code
Application source code is stored in by default. This location is defined by the DISTDIR variable.

Portage database
Portage stores the state of the system (what packages are installed, what files belong to which package, ...) in.

Portage cache
The Portage cache (with modification times, virtuals, dependency tree information, ...) is stored in. This location really is a cache: users can clean it if they are not running any portage-related application at that moment.

Temporary portage files
Portage's temporary files are stored in by default. This is defined by the PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable.

When altering the PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable, it is recommended to also change the following variables as well since they will not notice the PORTAGE_TMPDIR change. This is due to how Portage handles variables: BUILD_PREFIX.

Building directory
Portage creates specific build directories for each package it emerges inside. This location is defined by the BUILD_PREFIX variable.

Live filesystem location
By default Portage installs all files on the current filesystem (/), but this can be changed by setting the ROOT environment variable. This is useful when creating new build images.

Ebuild logging
Portage can create per-ebuild log files, but only when the PORT_LOGDIR variable is set to a location that is writable by portage (through the portage user). By default this variable is unset. If PORT_LOGDIR is not set, then there will not be any build logs with the current logging system, though users may receive some logs from the new  support.

If PORT_LOGDIR is not defined and  is used, then build logs and any other logs saved by elog will be made available, as explained below.

Portage offers fine-grained control over logging through the use of elog:
 * PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES: This is where users can define what kinds of messages to be logged. This can be any space-separated combination of info, warn, error, log, and qa.
 * info: Logs "einfo" messages printed by an ebuild
 * warn: Logs "ewarn" messages printed by an ebuild
 * error: Logs "eerror" messages printed by an ebuild
 * log: Logs the "elog" messages found in some ebuilds
 * qa: Logs the "QA Notice" messages printed by an ebuild


 * PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM: This selects the module(s) to process the log messages. If left empty, logging is disabled. Any space-separated combination of save, custom, syslog, mail, save_summary, and mail_summary can be used. At least one module must be used in order to use elog.
 * save: This saves one log per package in, or if $PORT_LOGDIR is not defined.
 * custom: Passes all messages to a user-defined command in $PORTAGE_ELOG_COMMAND; this will be discussed later.
 * syslog: Sends all messages to the installed system logger.
 * mail: Passes all messages to a user-defined mailserver in $PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI; this will be discussed later. The mail features of elog require >=portage-2.1.1.
 * save_summary: Similar to save, but it merges all messages in, or if $PORT_LOGDIR is not defined.
 * mail_summary: Similar to mail, but it sends all messages in a single mail when emerge exits.


 * PORTAGE_ELOG_COMMAND: This is only used when the custom module is enabled. Users can specify a command to process log messages. Note that the command can make use of two variables: ${PACKAGE} is the package name and version, while ${LOGFILE} is the absolute path to the logfile. For instance:


 * PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI: This contains settings for the mail module such as address, user, password, mailserver, and port number. The default setting is "root@localhost localhost". The following is an example for an smtp server that requires username and password-based authentication on a particular port (the default is port 25):


 * PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM: Allows the user to set the "from" address of log mails; defaults to "portage" if unset.


 * PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT: Allows the user to create a subject line for log mails. Note that it can make use of two variables: ${PACKAGE} will display the package name and version, while ${HOST} is the fully qualified domain name of the host Portage is running on. For instance: