On 11/23/03 Mark Knecht wrote: > Can you explain a bit about these two files? I've never heard of or > touched make.profile/virtuals. I presume I really shouldn't have to.
It's part of the system profile and defines which packages are the default for virtual packages if none is installed. > What creates /var/cache/edb/virtuals? > > I notice in that file that while I use fluxbox, openbox is first on > that list. Should this be OK, or will I eventually find the system > wanting to emerge openbox like happened here? That file is maintained by portage, but due to a few bugs it's sometimes necessary to edit it manually. It contains a list of the installed packages that provide a virtual package. So if a package needs virtual/bla portage first reads /var/cache/edb/virtuals to check if an installed package provides the virtual and if not it checks /etc/make.profile/virtuals to install the default package for the virtual. Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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