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From: Willie Wong <wwong@Princeton.EDU>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided
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On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 08:22:54PM -0500, Penguin Lover Jeremy Olexa squawked:
> 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.
I've been wondering about that too. Perhaps that is what
/etc/portage/profile is for? Per man portage:
/etc/portage/profile/
site-specific overrides of /etc/make.profile/
W
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