On 11/01/2011 05:28 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote:
> I have user "pacho" under "portage" group to be able to make some tasks
> without becoming root, but, sadly, I am unable to make portage
> create /var/log/portage files/dirs with portageortage owners instead
> of portage:root, preventing me from removing old files without becoming
> root.
> Is there anyway to configure this?

Since portage-2.1.10.5, it will automatically copy group permission bits
up from /var/log/portage (or PORT_LOGDIR) to subdirectories, so you need
to make sure your desired permissions are set on /var/log/portage:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=002882cc5a936f2e111bfc6f342 fb1f5987f68ed
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Thanks,
Zac