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From: drobbins@g.o
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual packages?
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 15:42:24
Message-Id: 20010203154224.B17556@cvs.gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] virtual packages? by pbg1854@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
1 On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 11:09:55AM -0500, pbg1854@×××××××××××××××.edu wrote:
2
3 > I just downloaded and installed Gentoo 1.0 rc4 from CD, and I've been trying
4 > to build a few things from portage. When I try and build alsa-libs, for
5 > example, it tells me I need to merge virtual/kernel, but there is no
6 > virtual/kernel directory under portage. Could someone tell me what I need to
7 > do?
8
9 For now, remove the reference to virtual/kernel from the DEPEND line in the
10 alsa-libs .ebuild file, and try again. Our newer kernels provide
11 "virtual/kernel" (a virtual dependency).
12
13 Best Regards,
14
15 --
16 Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
17 President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
18 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.

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