From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G2I1s-0000dl-B6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:36:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6H1Z2IP024688; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:35:02 GMT Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.64]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6H1UFOt016142 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:30:16 GMT Received: from ibm58aec.bellsouth.net ([72.147.48.62]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060717013014.NBUP6598.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm58aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:30:14 -0400 Received: from gandalf ([72.147.48.62]) by ibm58aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060717013013.ZHLB10031.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@gandalf> for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:30:13 -0400 From: "Brett I. Holcomb" Organization: Holcomb & Associates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:30:12 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <44BAE66E.8030605@cs.umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <44BAE66E.8030605@cs.umn.edu> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607162130.13146.brettholcomb@bellsouth.net> X-Archives-Salt: 15ee5a79-78bd-48fa-9eab-5868d0ac07e3 X-Archives-Hash: 91b2ce3ebd6bbb77489eb8ef4169bd24 Check out /etc/make.conf - that will override some settings. You aren't supposed to mess with the make.profile - it's a defalt that all else is based on. On Sunday July 16 2006 21:22, Jeremy Olexa wrote: > Hi, > Is there any other solution to the /etc/make.profile/package.provided > file? As we all know the /usr/portage/ dir gets wiped of custom files on > every sync. It seems kinda silly that there is a package.provided > solution but it gets wiped every time, so is there any other way to > accomplish the same thing on a more permanent term that I am not aware > of? The portage man page does not suggest anything else. > Thanks. > -- > Jeremy Olexa > (olexa@cs.umn.edu) > Office: EE/CS 1-201 > CS/IT Systems Staff > University of Minnesota -- Brett I. Holcomb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list