From 7bd12272120465a6ccc80a2281b6333f7d3a5425 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:34:27 +0000 Subject: For bug #161003, disallow virtuals in package.provided and document it. Thanks to Robin Johnson for the initial patch. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=5502 --- man/portage.5 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'man') 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 # -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22