Johannes Rosenberger <gen...@jorsn.eu> writes: >> Can anyone offer suggestions about this... is it even the right way to >> proceed? >> >> > > Hello! > > I have portage-2.3.3 installed and in my portage manpage it is mentioned: > > The file shall reside in etc/(make.profile|portage/(make.)?profile) and > the syntax is > <category>/<name>-<version> without the '=' in the front.
Thanks for that. I'm not at all sure what that line means. something like /etc/ (then either make a directory named `profile' or one named `portage' if necessary) / (then make `profile' if necessary.) So, /etc/portage/profile/package.provided I followed a newish dictum of using the package part as a directory name. So /etc/portage/profle/package.provided/FnameAndContentHere It worked... thanks again. It worked.. still not getting everything installed but that part worked... Something else about this entry in `man portage': [...] SYNOPSIS /etc/portage/make.profile/ or /etc/make.profile/ site-specific overrides go in /etc/portage/profile/ deprecated [...] So is the plan to do away with package.provided or just relocate it?