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 4.54) id 1FGXOc-0002vp-OV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:18:19 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k278GUId009493; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:16:30 GMT Received: from localhost (cpe-66-27-157-183.socal.res.rr.com [66.27.157.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2789wNM032033 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:09:58 GMT Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FGXGY-0000Eb-R3 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:09:58 -0800 Message-ID: <440D3FD6.6000809@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:09:58 -0800 From: Zac Medico User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060211) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.provided syntax References: <87pskz4fqo.fsf@newsguy.com> <440C8492.8090505@gentoo.org> <874q2b4cfy.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <874q2b4cfy.fsf@newsguy.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 442ed295-86d2-4326-9813-5db44144c965 X-Archives-Hash: d3a4284e6873735f3a3735254a93f9a6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: >> The example for package.provided syntax in `man portage` shows categories like this: >> >> app-backup/rsnapshot-1.2.2 >> app-backup/bacula-1.48.5 >> app-editors/emacs-cvs-24 > > Ok, I'm a little gun shy to post this now but I'm still seeing > somethign screwy. > > cat /etc/portage/package.provided Oops, package.provided goes in /etc/portage/profile/ (it's an override for /etc/make.profile). That's probably a common mistake. > app-backup/rsnapshot-1.2.2 > app-backup/bacula-1.48.5 > app-editors/emacs-cvs-24 > > emerge -vp app-editors/emacs-cvs: > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild U ] app-editors/emacs-cvs-22.0.50-r1 [22.0.50] USE="X gif > gtk jpeg nls png spell -Xaw3d -tiff" 0 kB Hmm, the emerge output indicates that app-editors/emacs-cvs-22.0.50 is installed (managed by portage). Normally package.provided is used for packages that aren't managed by portage. Now I'm not sure what you want to accomplish. Zac -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEDT/V/ejvha5XGaMRAuY5AJ9zVGlkeL+bjPhaA52m4d5edJQWlwCg44l7 x4iYA2CCaPYiLxTkqp7y29g= =otXv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list