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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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Chris Boot |
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http://www.bootc.net/ |
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