On Sunday 24 May 2009 19:26:43 Dale wrote: > Also, is this the file that contains the system set? > > /usr/portage/profiles/base/packages > > If so, python is commented out as is a few others. Is there a way to > add files to something in /etc that emerge would consider in addition to > this file? In other words, if a user is using portage, is there a place > that they could set this in /etc so that it overrides the fact it is > missing in the system set? Just add python and other missing packages > to the file and we can carry on. I assume adding it to world would not > do any good with buildsyspkg enabled?
profiles are cascading and support multiple inheritance (parent files can contain several entries). So, you have to run find /usr/portage/profiles -name packages to find them all, and apply brain power to find the few that actually apply to you -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
