On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:39:22 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a > >> long time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but > >> it works here. > > Things that override global settings in make.conf, like package.mask, > > go in /etc/portage. Things that override profile settings go > > in /etc/portage/profile. > > > > If in doubt, read man portage which explains all these files.
> All I know, it works here. What the OP is wanting to do is no different > than what I am doing here except that it is a different package. So, if > it works here, it should work there too. I might add, I don't even have > the profile directory at all. But then you don't use package.provided. If you did, it wouldn't work unless it was in /etc/portage/profile. -- Neil Bothwick I wouldn't be caught dead with a necrophiliac.
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