Hello, Ralph. On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 00:20:02 +0200, Ralph Seichter wrote: > On 21.07.2018 23:03, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Install an MTA using emerge, or let Gentoo know that you have installed > qmail manually. When you work around portage, you are responsible to > keep Gentoo happy in terms of dependencies. Gentoo did not "foul up", > you just tried to be a tricksy fellow, unaware of the consequences. ;-) Gentoo didn't "foul up" as such, but it did "foul up my MTA" because I didn't know how to tell it not to. package.provided is documented on the portage man page, but this is difficult to find, unless you already know what you're looking for. I don't think there's a section entitled "Including non-portage packages in Gentoo" or the like, in any documentation page. > -Ralph -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
