Good morning! On my system, I don't use a modem and don't intend to ever do so. Because of this, I did not install net-dialup/ppp. But I'd now like to install kde-base/kde-meta, which will pull in kde-base/kdenetwork-meta, which will pull in kde-base/kppp and this will finally pull in net-dialup/ppp.
Can I now make it somehow so, that I am able to install kdenetwork-meta, but NOT install kppp & ppp? In the documentation at <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=5> and in man portage at <http://gentoo-wiki.com/MAN_Portage>, I read, that I might be able to use the package.provided file. But according to the man page, it is located in the profile directory (/etc/make.profile). I'd rather NOT fiddle with files in such a directory. So I tried to create the file in /etc/portage. Contents: --($:~)-- cat /etc/portage/package.provided kde-base/kppp-3.5.7 net-dialup/ppp-2.4.4-r8 But when I run emerge, I get the following output: [nomerge ] kde-base/kde-meta-3.5.7 USE="-accessibility nls" [ebuild N ] kde-base/kdenetwork-meta-3.5.7 USE="wifi" 0 kB [ebuild N ] kde-base/kppp-3.5.7 USE="-arts -debug kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility xinerama" 0 kB [ebuild N ] net-dialup/ppp-2.4.4-r8 USE="-activefilter -atm -dhcp -eap-tls gtk -ipv6 -mppe-mppc pam -radius" 0 kB [nomerge ] net-im/ekiga-2.0.9 USE="-avahi dbus -debug doc gnome sdl" Ie. ppp would be installed. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong. How do I do it right? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
