Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@×××.org>
To: Romans Malinovskis <romans@××××.lv>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing qmail's ebuild
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:19:13
Message-Id: 20030225221026.GE10500@galen.bluecherry.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Replacing qmail's ebuild by Romans Malinovskis
1 On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:52:37PM +0200, Romans Malinovskis wrote:
2 > I am building custom qmail's ebuild (xyz-qmail). Hovewer some apps depend on
3 > net-mail/qmail instead of virtual/mta, like vpopmail and want to emerge
4 > original qmail. PROVIDE="net-mail/qmail" seems to fix that, but im not sure
5 > if this is the right way. What would you suggest?
6
7 That works, and if this is really just your own ebuild it might be the way
8 to go. You can also just override the qmail build that Gentoo offers, or
9 you can inject net-mail/qmail (see portage docs..)
10
11 --
12 Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@×××.org> A mighty Oak is the result of
13 ^ a nut a nut that held its ground
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15 Unix is mature OS, Windows is still in diapers and they smell badly.
16 -- Rafael Skodlar <raffi@××××××.com>