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On Wed, Feb 14 2018, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 14/02/18 18:44, allan gottlieb wrote: |
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>> I have never needed package.provided before so am probably doing it |
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>> wrong. |
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>> There are know bugs I am encountering with |
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>> www-client/chromium-64.0.3282.140 and |
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>> net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.11-r200 |
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>> Since each takes a while to build before failing, I would like to stop |
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>> trying until there is progress on the bugs |
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>> man 5 portage made me believe that package.provide was the answer. |
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> Why not just mask it? (/etc/portage/package.mask) |
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Basically the same problem as --exclude. Portage wants me to unmask |
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them because they are needed. Chromium is in @world and webkit-gtk is |
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needed for gnucash. |
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allan |