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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2007-01-09 20:34:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2007-01-09 20:34:27 +0000 |
| commit | 7bd12272120465a6ccc80a2281b6333f7d3a5425 (patch) | |
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| parent | 045385c4f079c6f0f4a30076ae1e366f6d7f5ef4 (diff) | |
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For bug #161003, disallow virtuals in package.provided and document it. Thanks to Robin Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> for the initial patch.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=5502
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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index cfe71a672..66547521e 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ For example, if you manage your own copy of a 2.6 kernel, then you can tell portage that 'sys-kernel/development-sources-2.6.7' is already taken care of and it should get off your back about it. +Virtual packages (virtual/*) should not be specified in package.provided. +Depending on the type of virtual, it may be necessary to add an entry to the +virtuals file and/or add a package that satisfies a virtual to +package.provided. + .I Format: .nf \- comments begin with # |