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man portage |
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<snip> |
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package.provided |
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A list of packages (one per line) that portage |
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should |
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assume have been provided. Useful for porting to |
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non- |
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Linux systems. Portage will not attempt to update |
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a |
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package that is listed here unless another |
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package |
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explicitly requires a version that is newer than what |
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has |
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been listed. Basically, it's a list that replaces |
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the |
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emerge --inject syntax. |
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For example, if you manage your own copy of a 2.6kernel, |
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then you can tell portage that |
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'sys-kernel/development- |
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sources-2.6.7' is already taken care of and it should |
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get |
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off your back about it. |
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Virtual packages (virtual/*) should not be specified |
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in |
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package.provided. Depending on the type of virtual, |
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it |
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may be necessary to add an entry to the virtuals |
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file |
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and/or add a package that satisfies a virtual to |
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pack- |
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age.provided. |
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</snip> |
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Also, if you've already emerged it (maybe even manually how you make/make |
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install), you might try emerge --noreplace <package>, which should add the |
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ebuild to the world file (but not re-emerge the package itself). If the |
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package is already in the world file, then this option will do nothing. |
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On Dec 7, 2007 9:50 PM, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> A lot of the bigger packages (qt, mythtv, etc. etc) tend to lock up my |
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> PCs' hard drives while they're emerging. I use FEATURES=keepwork on all |
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> my boxes, and I can usually go |
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> into |
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> /var/tmp/portage/<whatever-class>/<whatever-package/work/<whatever-package> |
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> and issue a make and then make install after I reboot the machines. How can |
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> I tell portage that the package is installed in this manner? That the |
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> package is indeed installed? |
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> -- |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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- Mark Shields |
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