On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:00:40 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > After masking gcc (and glibc - same argument there), I get: > > emerge -pev world > > <snip> > > Total: 351 packages (351 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 5 kB > Portage tree and overlays: > [0] /usr/portage > [?] indicates that the source repository could not be determined > > !!! The following installed packages are masked: > - sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 (masked by: package.mask) > - sys-libs/glibc-2.10.1-r1 (masked by: package.mask) > - sys-devel/gcc-4.3.4 (masked by: package.mask) > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
You could put it in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided too, so the system knows it is there. But what's the big deal anyway, you could have re-emerge gcc tens of times over in the time this thread has been running. It's not as though you can't use your computer for other things while gcc is compiling. -- Neil Bothwick I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
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