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From: Kai Peter <kp@×××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: Gentoo fouls up mail transport agent.
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 06:57:08
Message-Id: b01dc75e1623d36403aed997873088e0@lists.openqmail.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: Gentoo fouls up mail transport agent. by Ralph Seichter
1 On 2018-07-22 12:24, Ralph Seichter wrote:
2 > On 22.07.2018 09:27, Kai Peter wrote:
3 >
4 >> A bit more easier is to create an 'empty' virtual ebuild which at
5 >> least does nothing but tells portage the dependency is fulfilled.
6 >
7 > Not a good choice, IMO. Portage has its own mechanism for that:
8 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/profile/package.provided
9 >
10 > -Ralph
11
12 It was related to Ian's suggestion of an extra ebuild. And
13 package.provided have to be configured at each host by hand wich is a
14 big effort if you have a lot of boxes.
15 --
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: Gentoo fouls up mail transport agent. Ralph Seichter <m16+gentoo@×××××××××××.net>