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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:39:34
Message-Id: 56D01D4A.4010601@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:47:32 -0600, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a long
5 >> time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but it works
6 >> here.
7 > Things that override global settings in make.conf, like package.mask, go
8 > in /etc/portage. Things that override profile settings go
9 > in /etc/portage/profile.
10 >
11 > If in doubt, read man portage which explains all these files.
12 >
13 >
14
15
16 All I know, it works here. What the OP is wanting to do is no different
17 than what I am doing here except that it is a different package. So, if
18 it works here, it should work there too. I might add, I don't even have
19 the profile directory at all.
20
21 Dale
22
23 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>