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On 21 December 2006 18:40, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> package.provided is intended for use when you install something without |
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> portage - it's your way of telling portage the package is installed even |
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> though it's not in the database. |
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What is that good for? Say I write my own app (like the one my signature |
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refers to) and install it system-wide without creating an ebuild, what does |
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it change if I put it into package.provided? I mean portage doesn't know |
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anything about it either way. |
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Uwe |
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A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE: |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na/iwy-1.0.tar.bz2 |
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