--- gendepends.awk.orig	2004-04-05 22:19:02.000000000 +0100
+++ gendepends.awk	2004-04-05 22:18:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -82,17 +82,27 @@
 		
 	if (check_provide(provide)) {
 		# We cannot have more than one service Providing a virtual ...
-		ewarn(" Service '" get_provide(provide) "' already provide '" provide "'!;")
-		ewarn(" Not adding service '" service "'...")
-		# Do not fail here as we do have a service that resolves the virtual
-	} else {
-		# Sanity check
-		if (check_service(service)) {
-			PROVIDE_LIST[provide] = service
-		} else {
-			eerror(" Cannot add provide '" provide "', as service '" service "' do not exist!")
-			return 0
+		# However we can let the user choose by setting RC_VIRTUAL_PREFERENCE
+		if ( VIRTPREFAR[provide] == "" ) {
+			ewarn(" Service '" get_provide(provide) "' already provide '" provide "'!;")
+			ewarn(" Not adding service '" service "'...")
+			ewarn(" To set which service you would prefer to provide '" provide "' please set")
+			ewarn(" RC_VIRTUAL_PREFERENCE in /etc/conf.d/rc")
+			# Do not fail here as we do have a service that resolves the virtual
+			return 1
+		} else if ( VIRTPREFAR[provide] != service ) {
+			# return without changing provide
+			return 1
 		}
+		# Looks like this is the users preference so fall through and change
+		# the provide
+	}
+	# Sanity check
+	if (check_service(service)) {
+		PROVIDE_LIST[provide] = service
+	} else {
+		eerror(" Cannot add provide '" provide "', as service '" service "' do not exist!")
+		return 0
 	}
 
 	return 1
@@ -334,6 +344,18 @@
 	DEPTYPES = ENVIRON["DEPTYPES"]
 	ORDTYPES = ENVIRON["ORDTYPES"]
 
+	# Preferences for conflicting virtual provides
+	VIRTPREF = ENVIRON["VIRTPREF"]
+	if (VIRTPREF != "") {
+		split(VIRTPREF, vpsplit) 
+		for (vp in vpsplit) {
+			split(vpsplit[vp], vps, ":")
+			if (vps[1] != "" && vps[2] != ""){
+				VIRTPREFAR[vps[1]]=vps[2]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	CACHEDTREE = SVCDIR "/deptree"
 
 	assert(dosystem("rm -f " CACHEDTREE ), "system(rm -f " CACHEDTREE ")")