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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] profile: specific versions in virtuals
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 14:47:32
Message-Id: 1102171619.446.5.camel@localhost
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] profile: specific versions in virtuals by "Lluís Batlle i Rossell"
1 On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 13:16 +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
2 > Hi!
3 >
4 > I decided to create a new profile for me, using my own virtuals. As I was
5 > creating mine, I liked to have a specific version of headers and sources in my
6 > virtuals definition.
7 > For specifying a version, I've to type a "=" in front of the ebuild, and add the
8 > version to it. So, I use:
9 > virtual/linux-sources =sys-kernel/development-sources-2.6.7
10 > virtual/os-headers =sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.7-r4
11
12 Actually, the virtual *should* say sys-kernel/development-sources
13
14 ...then in the packages file, you specify
15 =sys-kernel/development-sources-2.6.7
16
17 > But having a = in the name makes portage to ignore the virtuals definition.
18 >
19 > Maybe that's a bug... maybe that's a "feature" for denying specific version
20 > usage in virtuals - Which is the intention, in that case? :)
21
22 I'm pretty sure the virtuals are designed to only allow a package nam
23 eon purpose.
24
25 --
26 Chris Gianelloni
27 Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
28 Games - Developer
29 Gentoo Linux

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