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From: Jeremy Olexa <olexa@××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: proper use of package.provided (was: Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:42:46
Message-Id: 44C04B88.9070009@cs.umn.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided by Donnie Berkholz
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4 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
5 > Jeremy Olexa wrote:
6 >> Great, I knew there must be a solution for this issue. Thanks for
7 >> interpreting the man page for me ;) Perhaps it could be more clear what
8 >> "site-specific overrides" means but now I know. Thanks again.
9 >
10 > Could you suggest wording that would make it more clear to you? There's
11 > no rule saying the docs can't be fixed. =)
12 >
13 > Thanks,
14 > Donnie
15 >
16
17 Donnie,
18 My only suggestion would be to include an example. Neil's example was
19 good enough for me.
20
21 example: /etc/portage/profile/package.provided overrides
22 /etc/make.profile/package.provided
23
24 instead of:
25
26 "site-specific overrides"
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29 Jeremy Olexa
30 (olexa@××××××.edu)
31 Office: EE/CS 1-201
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33 University of Minnesota
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