> > I'd put money on it being considered part of system
> > because it provides virtual/editor, which is part of system.
> 
> In  /usr/portage/profiles/base/virtuals , it says
> 
>   virtual/editor                          app-editors/nano
> 
> there's no mention of Joe.
> 
> Someone else suggested it comes from  /etc/rc.conf , but there I have
> 
>   EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim"
> 
> Any other suggestions ?  I'm using the 2005.1 profile.
> 

/usr/portage/profiles/base/virtuals lists DEFAULT package that provides
given virtual.

<quote>
# This file describes the packages that by default satisfy a certain virtual
# That this file exists in the base profile implies that these packages will
# work on any architecture that needs that virtual
</quote>

cthulhu ~ #  grep PROVIDE $(equery which joe)
PROVIDE="virtual/editor"
cthulhu ~ #  grep PROVIDE $(equery which vim)
PROVIDE="virtual/editor"

I suppose that if you have vim installed you may just ignore the
warning, and the warning will be issued on any unmerge of every package
that provides a virtual/editor, not taking care whether any other
installed package provides the same virtual - not a big problem, just
minor nuisance.

Howgh.
;-)

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