Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/shadow

[Fabian Groffen]

On 12-03-2012 11:35:43 +0100, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote:
> On 3/12/12 11:27 AM, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > My rsync0 now spits out this message:
> >
> >   Virtual package in package.provided: virtual/shadow-0
> >   See portage(5) for correct package.provided usage.
> >
> > I did not forsee this happening, but each and every Prefix user now gets
> > this complaint on each and every emerge invocation.  It does not seem to
> > block any operation, but could we perhaps hold back further changes
> > until I can sort this out with Zac?
>
> Ah, I read portage(5) now and adding a virtual to package.provided is
> indeed explicitly prohibited.
>
> I removed it, but some further changes might be required for prefix
> (i.e. version number >= 4.1 in package.provided to satisfy the virtual),
> and I'll indeed hold back further changes in that area,
> and preferably just let you do any necessary fixes for prefix.

Thanks a lot for your swift actions!


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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level