[gentoo-user] Re: Make portage assume, that a package is installed

[Alexander Skwar]

Peter Alfredsen <peter.alfredsen@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Friday 15 June 2007, Alexander Skwar wrote:

>> So I tried to create the file in /etc/portage. Contents:
>>
>> --($:~)-- cat /etc/portage/package.provided
>> kde-base/kppp-3.5.7
>> net-dialup/ppp-2.4.4-r8
> [...]
>> Obviously, I'm doing something wrong.
>>
>> How do I do it right?
>
> See:
> http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-user&m=114173922424811&w=2
> Basically:
> mkdir /etc/portage/profile
> cp /etc/portage/package.provided /etc/portage/profile/package.provided
>
> Try it.

Works. Difference to what I did: You suggested to have the
file in the /etc/portage/profile directory. I had it directly
in /etc/portage. Mistake I made: I overlooked the following
from the man page:

,----[ man portage ]
| /etc/portage/profile/
|     site-specific overrides of /etc/make.profile/ 
`----

> You might want to leave out the version numbers from kppp and ppp (Think
> of what happens when kppp 3.5.8 comes out or when ppp-2.4.4-r9 comes out).

Well, but read the man page for portage:

,----[ man portage, package.provided section ]
|                      Format:
|                      - comments begin with #
|                      - one DEPEND atom per line
|                      - relational operators are not allowed
|                      - must include a version
`----

Also see what happens, when you leave out the version number:

--($:~)-- Gestoppt sudo emerge -DuvatN world
Invalid package name in package.provided: net-dialup/ppp
Invalid package name in package.provided: kde-base/kppp
See portage(5) for correct package.provided usage.

--($:~)-- cat /etc/portage/profile/package.provided 
kde-base/kppp
net-dialup/ppp

OTOH: I agree with you. It would/might be better, if the
version number would not need to be included.

Cheers and thanks for the help,

Alexander Skwar

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