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While trying to learn about protage I read this; |
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Taken from the ebuild 5 man page. |
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<snip> |
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PROVIDE = "virtual/TARGET" |
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This variable should only be used when a package |
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provides a virtual target. For example, black- |
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down-jdk and sun-jdk provide virtual/jdk. This |
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allows for packages to depend on virtual/jdk |
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rather than on blackdown or sun specifically. |
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<snip> |
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But a quick search reveals this; |
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root@littlebox portage # cd /usr/portage/ |
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root@littlebox portage # grep -r "PROVIDE=" * | grep -v "virtual" |
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app-sci/gperiodic/gperiodic-1.3.2.ebuild:PROVIDE="app-misc/gperiodic" |
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app-sci/babel/babel-1.6.ebuild:PROVIDE="app-misc/babel" |
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app-sci/euler/euler-1.59.1.ebuild:PROVIDE="app-misc/euler" |
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app-sci/euler/ChangeLog: also removed PROVIDE="app-misc/euler" statment |
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as it was moved over 6 month ago. |
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app-sci/octave/octave-2.0.17-r1.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-lang/octave" |
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app-sci/octave/octave-2.0.17.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-lang/octave" |
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app-sci/octave/octave-2.1.36-r1.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-lang/octave" |
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app-sci/octave/octave-2.1.40.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-lang/octave" |
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app-sci/octave/octave-2.1.36.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-lang/octave" |
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app-sci/vis5d+/vis5d+-1.2.1.ebuild:PROVIDE="app-sci/vis5d+" |
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app-sci/iverilog/iverilog-0.6.1.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-lang/iverilog" |
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dev-java/maven/maven-1.0_beta8.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-java/maven" |
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dev-java/maven/maven-1.0_beta9.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-java/maven" |
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dev-lang/ruby-cvs/ruby-cvs-1.8.0-r1.ebuild:PROVIDE="dev-lang/ruby-${PV}" |
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net-mail/ezmlm-idx-mysql/ezmlm-idx-mysql-0.40.ebuild:PROVIDE="net-mail/ezmlm" |
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net-mail/ezmlm-idx-mysql/ezmlm-idx-mysql-0.40-r2.ebuild:PROVIDE="net-mail/ezmlm" |
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net-mail/ezmlm-idx-pgsql/ezmlm-idx-pgsql-0.40.ebuild:PROVIDE="net-mail/ezmlm" |
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net-mail/ezmlm-idx-pgsql/ezmlm-idx-pgsql-0.40-r2.ebuild:PROVIDE="net-mail/ezmlm" |
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net-mail/ezmlm-idx/ezmlm-idx-0.40-r2.ebuild:PROVIDE="net-mail/ezmlm" |
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sys-apps/kbd/kbd-1.06-r1.ebuild:PROVIDE="sys-apps/console-tools" |
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sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-4.5.11-r1.ebuild:PROVIDE="sys-apps/sh-utils |
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sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-5.0.ebuild:PROVIDE="sys-apps/sh-utils |
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sys-devel/gcc/gcc-2.95.3-r7.ebuild:#PROVIDE="sys-apps/texinfo" |
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Can anyone explain why this is and what is going on with these packages? |
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(specifically I was interested in kbd which provides another package |
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which also exists. I have both kbd and console-tools installed and was |
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trying to determine if I needed both installed or could remove kbd.) |
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But why the other packages listed above provide non-virtual packages I'm |
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also interested in. Most seem to provide themselves, but others (kbd, |
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coreutils, gcc, ruby-cvs) seem to provide others. |
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Any explanations welcome. |
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thanks, |
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Nick |
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Nicholas Brown <nicbrown@×××××.com> |
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