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On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 16:55, Troy Dack wrote: |
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> Pin the package in the world file like so: |
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> =foobar-1.2 |
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> Will not attempt to upgrade foobar and keep it at version 1.2 |
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> >=foobar-1.5 |
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> Will not install versions <= 1.5 of foobar |
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I tried it and it works fine thanks. |
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> Now regarding your complaint about not being able to pick 'n' mix |
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> stable/unstable packages. Have you ever tried to run a Debian system that |
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> is a mix of Debian stable and unstable? I don't think it can be done |
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> easily or cleanly. |
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> RPM distros fare a little better but try installing 1 or 2 packages from |
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> Mandrake Cooker onto a Mandrake stable system, RPM dependency hell here we |
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> come. |
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Well i did try Debian and for what i used it i never had a problem |
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mixing unstable and stable packages. |
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> If you are not patient enough to wait for a package to be tranistioned to |
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> stable, then you are going to have to accept that not everything will work |
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> "the way you want it to" with unstable packages. |
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Well i don't think it should be the case at all! Especially not in a |
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bleeding edge distro like Gentoo... |
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...and in fact i complained only because i didn't know about the trick |
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in the world file and the inclusion of a new -g option to Portage (see |
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other post in this thread). Now Portage have everything i need. :) |
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Louis-Philippe Brochu <lpbrochu@×××××××××.ca> |
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