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maillog: 20/08/2005-12:12:54(+0200): Ralph Seichter types |
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> Georgi Georgiev wrote: |
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> |
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> > echo 'mail-mta/postfix-2.2.4' >> |
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> > /etc/portage/profile/package.provided |
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> |
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> I have tried this, but ssmtp still gets installed: |
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> # mkdir /etc/portage/profile |
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> # echo 'mail-mta/postfix-2.2.4' >> |
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> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided |
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> # emerge --update --deep world |
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> Calculating world dependencies ...done! |
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> >>> emerge (1 of 1) mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61 to / |
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> [...] |
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> |
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> However, adding "mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61" to package.provided seems to |
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> do the trick. Thank you, Georgi! Will this prevent future ssmtp |
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> versions from being installed, or should I add it to package.mask |
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> aswell? If so, would that be /etc/portage/profile/package.mask or |
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> /etc/portage/package.mask? |
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It seems that if a virtual is satisfied by a "provided" package, the |
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virtual is not calculated properly. |
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For example, I put mail-mta/postfix-2.2.4 in package.provided and |
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remove ssmtp from my system. As it is, there is nothing to satisfy |
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virtual/mta on my system which is required by sudo. Here is an |
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illustration: |
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lion ~ # emerge -pt app-admin/sudo |
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These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: |
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Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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[ebuild R ] app-admin/sudo-1.6.8_p9 |
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[ebuild N ] mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r1 |
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However, if you explicitly state that virtual/mta is provided by |
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postfix: |
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lion ~ # echo virtual/mta mail-mta/postfix >> /etc/portage/profile/virtuals |
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lion ~ # emerge -pt app-admin/sudo |
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These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: |
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Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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[ebuild R ] app-admin/sudo-1.6.8_p9 |
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This, I think, is the *proper* way to work around what I consider to be |
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a portage bug. |
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-* Georgi Georgiev -* Stop me, before I kill again! -* |
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*- chutz@×××.net *- *- |
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-* +81(90)2877-8845 -* -* |
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