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From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Trouble using package.provided
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:47:48
Message-Id: 87mv0bmh7a.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Trouble using package.provided by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Wed, Feb 14 2018, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2
3 > On 14/02/18 18:44, allan gottlieb wrote:
4 >> I have never needed package.provided before so am probably doing it
5 >> wrong.
6 >>
7 >> There are know bugs I am encountering with
8 >> www-client/chromium-64.0.3282.140 and
9 >> net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.11-r200
10 >>
11 >> Since each takes a while to build before failing, I would like to stop
12 >> trying until there is progress on the bugs
13 >>
14 >> man 5 portage made me believe that package.provide was the answer.
15 >
16 > Why not just mask it? (/etc/portage/package.mask)
17
18 Basically the same problem as --exclude. Portage wants me to unmask
19 them because they are needed. Chromium is in @world and webkit-gtk is
20 needed for gnucash.
21
22 allan