-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:22:54 -0500, Jeremy Olexa wrote: > >> Is there any other solution to the /etc/make.profile/package.provided >> file? As we all know the /usr/portage/ dir gets wiped of custom files on >> every sync. It seems kinda silly that there is a package.provided >> solution but it gets wiped every time, so is there any other way to >> accomplish the same thing on a more permanent term that I am not aware >> of? The portage man page does not suggest anything else. > > /etc/portage/profile overrides anything in /etc/make.profile, so > use /etc/portage/profile/package.provided. > > This is covered in the portage man page > > /etc/portage/profile/ > site-specific overrides of /etc/make.profile/ > >
Great, I knew there must be a solution for this issue. Thanks for interpreting the man page for me ;) Perhaps it could be more clear what "site-specific overrides" means but now I know. Thanks again. - -- Jeremy Olexa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Office: EE/CS 1-201 CS/IT Systems Staff University of Minnesota -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEvGN4FN7pD9kMi/URAqzQAJ494WzMlj76m4wYB5zdr5mSyFt9dgCfaPpz XHuUxSHhMp2czQ8d9UEEctc= =eYDW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
