Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-driver installation problems...

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:21:46 +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:

> On 04/10 11:11, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:40:59 +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> >   
> > > > package.provided requires a specific version, try 
> > > > 
> > > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108
> > > > 
> > > > If you want to stop portage trying to replace this with a later
> > > > version, add ">x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108", note > not
> > > > >=, to package.mask.
> > > 
> > > /etc/portage/profile/package.provided is still being ignored.
> > > 
> > > Current content:  
> > > >x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.108    
> > > 
> > > Emerge starts to install the newest driver available.  
> > 
> > Because package.provided still doesn't contain a single version.
> > Remove the >.
> 
> That leads to another problem:
> It will not detect newer version comping into portage...
> I need to include any single version available.
> That's kinda painful...

That's the burden you take on by managing the package yourself. You have
to watch for new versions yourself.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

All generalizations are false.

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