Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-26 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:39:22 -0600, Dale wrote: > Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a long time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but it works here. >>> Things that override global settings in make.conf,

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:39:22 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a > >> long time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but > >> it works here. > > Things that override global settings in make.conf, like package.mask, > > go

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-26 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:47:32 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a long >> time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but it works >> here. > Things that override global settings in make.conf, like

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:47:32 -0600, Dale wrote: > Mine here is in: /etc/portage/package.mask It's been there for a long > time. Maybe they are moving things again to something new but it works > here. Things that override global settings in make.conf, like package.mask, go in /etc/portage.

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-25 Thread Dale
cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Dale wrote: > >> Harry Putnam wrote: >>> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the >>> newest version at each upgrade. >>> >>> As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named >>> `package.provided' is meant

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-25 Thread covici
Dale wrote: > Harry Putnam wrote: > > I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the > > newest version at each upgrade. > > > > As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named > > `package.provided' is meant for such things. > > > > The

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:55:30 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the > newest version at each upgrade. > > As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named > `package.provided' is meant for such things. No it's not.

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-24 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: >> Harry Putnam wrote: >>> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the >>> newest version at each upgrade. >>> >>> As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named >>> `package.provided' is meant for such things. >>> >>> The syntax is not

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-24 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the >> newest version at each upgrade. >> >> As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named >> `package.provided' is meant for such things. >> >> The syntax is not described in

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2016-02-24 Thread Dale
Harry Putnam wrote: > I'd like to stay on kernel-4.1.6, rather than keep installing the > newest version at each upgrade. > > As I recall, and a quick look at `man portage', a file named > `package.provided' is meant for such things. > > The syntax is not described in detail... I tried these: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2006-12-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:36:59 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: package.provided is intended for use when you install something without portage - it's your way of telling portage the package is installed even though it's not in the database. What is that good for? Say I write my own app (like the

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2006-12-22 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 22 December 2006 09:03, Alan McKinnon wrote: package.provided is not there for that purpose. It's there for cases when a package should be present but portage hasn't installed it (like highly custom kernels) and you don't intend for portage to ever install it either. But portage insists

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 21 December 2006 18:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the event user runs with ~ARCHITECTURE flag set then masking won't do it... right? Wrong. Masking says what portage should include as installable. Look inside an ebuild and you will see lines like KEYWORDS=~ppc sparc x86 That

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:04:33 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Archive a portage tree by all means. But if an ebuild is removed that a user want to keep, the solution is so simple it's amazing. Copy the ebuild to /usr/local/portage in the correct directory structure. I maintain

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 21 December 2006 18:40, Neil Bothwick wrote: package.provided is intended for use when you install something without portage - it's your way of telling portage the package is installed even though it's not in the database. What is that good for? Say I write my own app (like the one my

Re: [gentoo-user] using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 21 December 2006 19:36, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 21 December 2006 18:40, Neil Bothwick wrote: package.provided is intended for use when you install something without portage - it's your way of telling portage the package is installed even though it's not in the database. What is