Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On 9/10/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:50:24 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > >Thanks. That seems to work and is indeed a much better place to put > > it. I did not see that in the man pages (is it there?) so I appreciate > > the pointer. > > It's buried in

Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:50:24 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >Thanks. That seems to work and is indeed a much better place to put > it. I did not see that in the man pages (is it there?) so I appreciate > the pointer. It's buried in the portage man page. Basically, what you put in /etc/portage/prof

Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On 9/10/05, Chris Boot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10 Sep 2005, at 16:15, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Hi, > >Generic question - why is package.provided located in > > /etc/make.profile instead of in /etc/portage? Won't l lose my edits > > when profile changes come along? > > > >It seem

Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Chris Boot
On 10 Sep 2005, at 16:15, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, Generic question - why is package.provided located in /etc/make.profile instead of in /etc/portage? Won't l lose my edits when profile changes come along? It seems to me that if I take responsibility for a package, such as jack-audio-conne

[gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Generic question - why is package.provided located in /etc/make.profile instead of in /etc/portage? Won't l lose my edits when profile changes come along? It seems to me that if I take responsibility for a package, such as jack-audio-connection-kit, that I wouldn't want the system to tak