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 4.43) id 1E12zu-0004XD-3x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:16:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j75EDJGd025718; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:13:19 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.192]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j75E4HkM030202 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:04:18 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i3so626189wra for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:05:04 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=XW/F/H5BLN9NMXmAXMkDOsDcJxVlZQYJxNTcB0vjLhtg+XKbnf4BJdq8VWz9oKE3RMxaiKMaocw2HXUqnfULqHlggH971+rU+9qTqEEVXN+QlKOesID5dn1RjTuaH0AkPGMhbebSILPMXYKYE8zdHTPH+FoKF8xGHLY6jD782UM= Received: by 10.54.27.46 with SMTP id a46mr2589414wra; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:05:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.103.11 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 07:05:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:05:04 -0400 From: Phill MV To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to block a given packages? In-Reply-To: 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 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_8642_5875155.1123250704653" References: <42F3280A.3080800@igoe.me.uk> X-Archives-Salt: 628ca96f-ff0c-4b85-8f2d-e062f05a76dc X-Archives-Hash: 3bfbb7a8acb856d8e1c96b8b973ac290 ------=_Part_8642_5875155.1123250704653 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Exactly what I wanted! Thanks. On 05/08/05, Michael Kintzios wrote: >=20 > Hi Phill, >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Igoe [mailto:tim@igoe.me.uk] > > Sent: 05 August 2005 09:49 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to block a given packages? > > > > > > Phill MV wrote: > > > > > After a month worth of holidays, I return to my computer, sync, and > > > type emerge -uva world. > > > > > > Scrolling through the several screen's worth of stuff I find a few > > > 'redundant' packages, like Mozilla and Epiphany (I use Firefox). > > > I use gnome, so I've always wounded up with these two > > packages on my > > > system. All things considered, compiling these two is a waste of > > > space, bandwidth, time and electricity. > > > > > > How do I block these two from being compiled, despite the fact that > > > they are listed as 'dependancies' in packages I use? > > > > Instead of using Gnome, try using the gnome-light package. It comes > > wihtout the large dependancies that the normal gnome does, > > but you have > > to remmeber to install any extras that you might need (file-roller, > > games, tools etc) > > > > Tim >=20 > .. or you could try: > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > # mkdir -p /etc/portage/profile > # echo "net-www/mozilla" >> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > Of course the 'mkdir' part is only needed if you don't already have a > /etc/portage/profile directory. Not sure if you can put > package.provided directly under /etc/portage. Someone who knows better > the intricacies of the latest portage versions could advise on this. > -- > Regards, > Mick >=20 > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 > ------=_Part_8642_5875155.1123250704653 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Exactly what I wanted!
Thanks.

On 05/08/05, Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Phill,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Igoe [ma= ilto:tim@igoe.me.uk]
> Sent: 05= August 2005 09:49
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best wa= y to block a given packages?
>
>
> Phill MV wrote:
>= ;
> > After a month worth of holidays, I return to my computer, sy= nc, and
> > type emerge -uva world.
> >
> > Scrolling t= hrough the several screen's worth of stuff I find a few
> > 'redun= dant' packages, like Mozilla and Epiphany (I use Firefox).
> > I u= se gnome, so I've always wounded up with these two
> packages on my
> > system. All things considered, compili= ng these two is a waste of
> > space, bandwidth, time and electric= ity.
> >
> > How do I block these two from being compiled= , despite the fact that
> > they are listed as 'dependancies' in packages I use?
><= br>> Instead of using Gnome, try using the gnome-light package. It comes=
> wihtout the large dependancies that the normal gnome does,
> but you have
> to remmeber to install any extras that you might = need  (file-roller,
> games, tools etc)
>
> Tim=

.. or you could try:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
# mkdir -p /etc/portage/profile
# echo "net-www/mozilla" >> /etc/portage/profile/packag= e.provided
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D

Of course the 'mkdir' part is only needed if you don't alread= y have a
/etc/portage/profile directory.  Not sure if you can = put
package.provided directly under /etc/portage.  Someone who kn= ows better
the intricacies of the latest portage versions could advise o= n this.
--
Regards,
Mick

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