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 1G3luY-0000gc-5T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:42:46 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6L3fLgb029528; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:41:21 GMT Received: from mtaout-w.tc.umn.edu (mtaout-w.tc.umn.edu [160.94.160.21]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6L3Zcr1009253 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:35:38 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.107] (CPE-65-29-61-136.mn.res.rr.com [65.29.61.136]) by mtaout-w.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:35:37 -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: <44C04B88.9070009@cs.umn.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:35:36 -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: proper use of package.provided (was: Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided) References: <44BAE66E.8030605@cs.umn.edu> <20060717084343.68ca14f4@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <44BC6378.3060102@cs.umn.edu> <44BC73A3.3000803@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <44BC73A3.3000803@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bd76638a-16a2-49cb-a0aa-0e244a8e72be X-Archives-Hash: 742fdbda128872c0500c769ae7acb114 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Jeremy Olexa wrote: >> 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. > > Could you suggest wording that would make it more clear to you? There's > no rule saying the docs can't be fixed. =) > > Thanks, > Donnie > Donnie, My only suggestion would be to include an example. Neil's example was good enough for me. example: /etc/portage/profile/package.provided overrides /etc/make.profile/package.provided instead of: "site-specific overrides" - -- 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 iD8DBQFEwEuIFN7pD9kMi/URAlEXAJ4gTxL5xMnqRpSHbBTVn7fJDELVwgCaA+ms 1Of61ktmztzFzAvwwB2409c= =RxEI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list