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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Trouble using package.provided
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:00:33
Message-Id: p620ro$5bt$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Trouble using package.provided by allan gottlieb
1 On 14/02/18 18:44, allan gottlieb wrote:
2 > I have never needed package.provided before so am probably doing it
3 > wrong.
4 >
5 > There are know bugs I am encountering with
6 > www-client/chromium-64.0.3282.140 and
7 > net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.11-r200
8 >
9 > Since each takes a while to build before failing, I would like to stop
10 > trying until there is progress on the bugs
11 >
12 > man 5 portage made me believe that package.provide was the answer.
13
14 Why not just mask it? (/etc/portage/package.mask)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Trouble using package.provided allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>