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/
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Neil Bothwick
After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.
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