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diff --git a/profiles/default/x86/packages b/profiles/default/x86/packages new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..63c0506a67cb --- /dev/null +++ b/profiles/default/x86/packages @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +# IMPORTANT: In order to parse this new format, you need Portage 1.6 or later! + +# OK; you're staring at this file and you have no idea what these stars are +# for. Here's the scoop. An initial "*" marks a package that is part of the +# official "base" system profile. If there's a "*", then "emerge system" will +# use the line in its calculations of what "should" be installed for this +# profile. Lines without a "*" prefix will be ignored for profile +# calculations. + +# Now, this is new: *all* lines (star or no star) will be used as a special +# package *inclusion* mask. For example, the line *=sys-devel/gcc-2.95.3-r1 +# will cause Portage to totally ignore all gcc ebuilds other than +# gcc-2.95.3-r1. >=, <=, <, > and ~ can be used to offer a bit more +# flexibility. For example, >=sys-libs/glibc-2.2.4 will cause emerge to ignore +# all glibc ebuilds with a version less than 2.2.4. This allows us to have +# profile-specific package.mask settings. *All* lines are used for this +# masking process, whether they are prefixed with a * or not. And if a generic +# dep is used, like "sys-apps/foo", then all versions of foo are included. If +# there is no entry, then all versions of an app are included. The key thing +# to note is that this file does not need to end up being an exhaustive list +# of portage packages; just the ones critical to this profile. + +# So, what happens to /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask? It's still around, +# and still useful. But it should mainly be used for broken ebuilds only. +# package.mask continues to function as normal, masking out ebuilds from *all* +# system profiles. + +# Which to use? Use the profile-specific stuff to "lock down" specific +# versions of ebuilds. Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc6 uses certain known-compatible +# versions of binutils, gcc and glibc, so we lock them down here. This +# prevents the user from shooting himself/herself in the foot by installing a +# wacky version. + +*>=sys-devel/binutils-2.13.90.0.4 + +>=x11-base/xfree-4.1.0-r2 + +*sys-devel/bin86 +*>=sys-devel/libtool-1.4.1-r4 +*sys-libs/pwdb +*sys-fs/devfsd |