Significance of PROVIDES Makefile variable

[Dharanee]

Hello. I am a beginner in using OpenWRT.
I want to know the significance of PROVIDES Makefile variable and how to use it.
It would be of much help, if someone can share their knowledge on this.
Thanks.

[frollic]

Feed Priority/Conflicts

The end result is undefined. There is no priority system or formal override logic. You shouldn't have that kind of "override feed"... The basic alternatives are: Patch each package in its own feed. Replace the normal packages with your versions. Define new package with slightly different name (e.g. "priv-packageX") and if some other packages depend on this, you can add a PROVIDES statement in the new Makefile where you say that this new priv-package provides package, so that the old one does…