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| From: | Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-amd64@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-amd64] Emerge Ignores Newer Ebuilds If Older Given In Package.Provided | ||
| Date: | Wed, 26 May 2010 23:03:22 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20100526182701.f1d3405c.frank.peters@comcast.net | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-amd64] Emerge Ignores Newer Ebuilds If Older Given In Package.Provided by Kenneth Prugh |
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| 1 | On Wed, 26 May 2010 16:21:14 -0400 |
| 2 | Kenneth Prugh <ken69267@×××××.com> wrote: |
| 3 | |
| 4 | > from man portage: |
| 5 | > |
| 6 | > package.provided |
| 7 | > [snip some stuff] |
| 8 | > Portage will not attempt to update a package |
| 9 | > that is listed here unless another package |
| 10 | > explicitly requires a version that is newer than |
| 11 | > what has been listed. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | I thought that the purpose of package.provided was broader, but |
| 14 | I guess that it serves only to record dependencies for other packages. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Thanks for clearing that up. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Frank Peters |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-amd64] Emerge Ignores Newer Ebuilds If Older Given In Package.Provided | Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org> |