On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:22:54 -0500, Jeremy Olexa wrote:

> 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.

/etc/portage/profile overrides anything in /etc/make.profile, so
use /etc/portage/profile/package.provided.

This is covered in the portage man page

/etc/portage/profile/
    site-specific overrides of /etc/make.profile/


-- 
Neil Bothwick

After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.