On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:12:32 +0100, Maik Musall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > how do I find out which packages provide a certain virtual? > > Say, some dependency would install mail-mta/ssmtp, but I want another > mta. ssmtp is recorded in /usr/portage/profiles/base/virtuals as default > to virtuals/mta, but how do I find out what other packages would provide > the same virtual? >
The brute force method would be 'grep -R "PROVIDE=" /usr/portage/* (optional pipe to less or another grep or output to a file. -- Collins -- [email protected] mailing list
