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Canek Peláez Valdés posted on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:26:22 -0600 as |
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> Hi; I'm trying to make a custom profile, and I need to remove a package |
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> from the system set. Is there a way I can do this without editing |
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> /usr/portage/profiles/base/packages? |
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> Sorry if this is the wrong place for asking such a question. |
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FWIW, gentoo-dev is for development related questions. The right place |
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would be the gentoo-user list. Not really right but better than the |
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general gentoo-dev list would be the portage-devel list. |
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Never-the-less and not to send you away empty-handed, yes of course |
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there's a way to override it locally. Gentoo wouldn't be gentoo |
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otherwise. =:^) |
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See the portage (5) manpage, in particular, a search on |
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"/etc/portage/profile" in that manpage, plus the note under the packages |
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file description (in the /etc/make.profile/ section) about removing |
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packages from the system set. |
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More specifically, here's my /etc/portage/profile/packages: |
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# I don't need these |
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-*sys-apps/busybox |
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-*sys-apps/module-init-tools |
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If the package is listed as a dependency somewhere as well, you may need |
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to add an entry to packages.provided in the same dir, as well. For |
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example, from mine (I build everything I need into the kernel, |
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no kernel modules so no module-init-tools needed to load them, either): |
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sys-apps/module-init-tools-9999 |
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-- |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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