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 1G2hIL-0003rf-En for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:34:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6I4XPnJ017621; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:33:25 GMT Received: from mtaout-m.tc.umn.edu (mtaout-m.tc.umn.edu [160.94.23.21]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6I4SfkD027726 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:28:42 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.107] (CPE-65-29-61-136.mn.res.rr.com [65.29.61.136]) by mtaout-m.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:28:40 -0500 (CDT) X-Umn-Remote-Mta: [N] CPE-65-29-61-136.mn.res.rr.com [65.29.61.136] #+TS+AU+HN Message-ID: <44BC6378.3060102@cs.umn.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:28:40 -0500 From: Jeremy Olexa User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060608) 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] package.provided References: <44BAE66E.8030605@cs.umn.edu> <20060717084343.68ca14f4@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20060717084343.68ca14f4@hactar.digimed.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 56363804-9811-48bc-b275-72db8e434c22 X-Archives-Hash: 30726ac16790fb1b2b7c781f90a027f7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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/ > > Great, I knew there must be a solution for this issue. Thanks for interpreting the man page for me ;) Perhaps it could be more clear what "site-specific overrides" means but now I know. Thanks again. - -- Jeremy Olexa (olexa@cs.umn.edu) Office: EE/CS 1-201 CS/IT Systems Staff University of Minnesota -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEvGN4FN7pD9kMi/URAqzQAJ494WzMlj76m4wYB5zdr5mSyFt9dgCfaPpz XHuUxSHhMp2czQ8d9UEEctc= =eYDW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list