Gentoo Archives: gentoo-doc-cvs

From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-portage-branches.xml
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:46:32
Message-Id: 20110302094622.6A0F020054@flycatcher.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 11/03/02 09:46:22
2
3 Modified: hb-portage-branches.xml
4 Log:
5 add a bit of clarification to package.unmask info, bug 335992
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.18 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?rev=1.18&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?rev=1.18&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
13
14 Index: hb-portage-branches.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.17
18 retrieving revision 1.18
19 diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
20 --- hb-portage-branches.xml 2 Mar 2011 09:25:49 -0000 1.17
21 +++ hb-portage-branches.xml 2 Mar 2011 09:46:22 -0000 1.18
22 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
23 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
24 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
25
26 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v 1.17 2011/03/02 09:25:49 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v 1.18 2011/03/02 09:46:22 nightmorph Exp $ -->
28
29 <sections>
30
31 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
32 individually.
33 </abstract>
34
35 -<version>2</version>
36 +<version>3</version>
37 <date>2011-03-02</date>
38
39 <section>
40 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
41
42 </body>
43 </subsection>
44 -<subsection>
45 +<subsection id="versions">
46 <title>Test Particular Versions</title>
47 <body>
48
49 @@ -150,7 +150,8 @@
50 When a package has been masked by the Gentoo developers and you still want to
51 use it despite the reason mentioned in the <path>package.mask</path> file
52 (situated in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> by default), add the
53 -<e>exact</e> same line in the <path>/etc/portage/package.unmask</path> file
54 +desired version (usually this will be the exact same line from
55 +<path>profiles</path>) in the <path>/etc/portage/package.unmask</path> file
56 (or in a file in that directory if it is a directory).
57 </p>
58
59 @@ -163,6 +164,13 @@
60 =net-mail/hotwayd-0.8
61 </pre>
62
63 +<note>
64 +If an entry in <path>/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask</path> contains a range
65 +of package versions, you will need to unmask only the version(s) you actually
66 +want. Please read the <uri link="#versions">previous section</uri> to learn how
67 +to specify versions in <path>package.unmask</path>.
68 +</note>
69 +
70 </body>
71 </subsection>
72 <subsection>