- Files in here must be real file, hardlinks or directories (containing split files, like for instance, package.use/ which contains 00-sabayon.package.use). Symlinks are not allowed since they're read by Entropy Server during repository metadata generation and, if symlink, their symlink pointer is recorded instead of the file content. Split files in configuration directories, like package.use/* must end with "." + the directory name. For instance, configuration files inside package.use/ must end with ".package.use". This is required in order to have them pulled in properly into packages.db.meta by Entropy Server. See: entropy/lib/entropy/server/interfaces/db.py -> spm_files_map