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diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5 index 9164ada88..d6eb83cb6 100644 --- a/man/portage.5 +++ b/man/portage.5 @@ -213,15 +213,20 @@ useful for stage builders. .TP .BR package.provided A list of packages (one per line) that portage should assume have been -provided. Useful for porting to non-Linux systems. Portage will not -attempt to update a package that is listed here unless another package -explicitly requires a version that is newer than what has been listed. -Basically, it's a list that replaces the \fBemerge \-\-inject\fR syntax. +provided. Useful for porting to non-Linux systems. Basically, it's a +list that replaces the \fBemerge \-\-inject\fR syntax. 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. +Portage will not attempt to update a package that is listed here unless +another package explicitly requires a version that is newer than what +has been listed. Dependencies that are satisfied by package.provided +entries may cause installed packages satisfying equivalent dependencies +to be removed by \fBemerge\fR(1) \fB\-\-depclean\fR actions (see the +\fBACTIONS\fR section of the \fBemerge\fR(1) man page for more information). + 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 |