On 04/06/14 22:27, Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 04/06/14 21:44, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> The current debate over upower and upower-pm-utils has got me thinking (yes, >> I >> know): is it possible to install Gentoo on a desktop or a mini-server >> without >> any PM at all? > Of course. It's USE="-upower" to make.conf and couple of > /etc/portage/package.use > entries, like for example 'xfce-base/xfce4-session -udev', as in, some > packages > use the generic USE flag 'udev' for pulling upower (which is, > essentially, a udev helper) > > You may have to avoid some "meta" packages, like gnome-base/gnome, which > are too > greedy with their dependencies > > - Samuli >
This hint is meant for the too greedy "meta" packages: You can also create /etc/portage/profile/package.provided file with a entry like: sys-power/upower-0.9.23 Notice that the syntax of package.provided is different from other package.foo files, and it doesn't have the = in front, so it's really '$category/$package-$version' That will tell Portage you have UPower installed, where as you really don't - Samuli