On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:13:06 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > I've now created a package.provided file in two locations to be sure. > > /etc/portage/profile/package.provided
This is correct. > /etc/make.profile/package.provided (as referenced in `man portage') This is wrong. This should be a symlink to your profile in /usr/portage. removing the link could cause all sorts of problems. > > The file contains: > dev-utils/cvs-1.12.11 > app-editors/emacs-cvs-22.0.50.1 > > However I still see the same output from emerge. > It still wants to install emacs-21.. as dependancy for emacs-w3m, and > cvs-1.11.. as dependancy for emacs-cvs. You need to put the packages that portage wants to install in this file. If emacs-w3m specifically wants emacs, not emacs-cvs, adding emacs-cvs to package.provided will make no difference. -- Neil Bothwick Keep your words soft and sweet in case you have to eat them.
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