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That was the old portage place to put virtual packages. |
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That directory has been replaced with /var/cache/edb/virtuals |
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It's probably still there to keep old portage packages from breaking (at |
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least that's my guess) |
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-Jared H. |
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Todd Wright wrote: |
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> I'll try a different approach since my other email doesnt seem to have attracted any responses, and just ask a single question at a time. |
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> Can someone tell me what the directory |
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> /var/db/pkg/virtual |
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> is supposed to be for? I have a fairly built up system, and nothing has ever written to that directory, yet I see ebuilds that rely on files in there ??!?!?!? |
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