Ryan Gibbons wrote: > A. Khattri wrote: >> I have a production server running several packages that are either no >> longer in the Portage tree or have dependencies that have moved or are no >> longer in the tree. How do I tell Portage to ignore those packages when >> doing updates? >> > You should be able to add the packages and the package version to > /etc/portage/profilepackage.provided my understanding is that it > basicallys tells portage this package is installed and I will manage all > updates to it myself , including removal. Just a quick note, cause that kept me 10 minutes scrubbing through the man pages...
I bet Ryan meant /etc/portage/profile/package.provided (one / missing). I was about to ask if this is some new file for portage :lol: I think that adding them there is the right way, I use it like that: ~ $ cat /etc/portage/profile/package.provided sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.22.1 sys-apps/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-r2 Just my two yen (=1.22 euro cents :~). Kalin. -- |[ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ]| +-> http://ThinRope.net/ <-+ |[ ______________________ ]| -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
