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On 9/10/05, Chris Boot <bootc@×××××.net> wrote: |
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> On 10 Sep 2005, at 16:15, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > Generic question - why is package.provided located in |
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> > /etc/make.profile instead of in /etc/portage? Won't l lose my edits |
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> > when profile changes come along? |
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> > It seems to me that if I take responsibility for a package, such as |
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> > jack-audio-connection-kit, that I wouldn't want the system to take |
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> > responsibility for it later on when a profile change comes along. |
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> > package.provided is a great feature. I would have killed for this |
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> > on my old Redhat systems. |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > Mark |
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> Yes, if you keep package.provided in /etc/make.profile it will get |
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> overwritten at every sync. The proper place to put your overrides is |
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> in /etc/portage/profile, which took me a good while to figure out... |
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> Indeed it is rather nice :-) |
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> HTH, |
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> Chris |
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Hi Chris, |
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Thanks. That seems to work and is indeed a much better place to put |
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it. I did not see that in the man pages (is it there?) so I appreciate |
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the pointer. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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