[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

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

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 seems to me that if

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

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 the