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nightmorph 11/03/02 09:46:22
Modified: hb-portage-branches.xml
Log:
add a bit of clarification to package.unmask info, bug 335992
Revision Changes Path
1.18 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?rev=1.18&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?rev=1.18&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
Index: hb-portage-branches.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- hb-portage-branches.xml 2 Mar 2011 09:25:49 -0000 1.17
+++ hb-portage-branches.xml 2 Mar 2011 09:46:22 -0000 1.18
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v 1.17 2011/03/02 09:25:49 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v 1.18 2011/03/02 09:46:22 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<sections>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
individually.
</abstract>
-<version>2</version>
+<version>3</version>
<date>2011-03-02</date>
<section>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
</body>
</subsection>
-<subsection>
+<subsection id="versions">
<title>Test Particular Versions</title>
<body>
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@
When a package has been masked by the Gentoo developers and you still want to
use it despite the reason mentioned in the <path>package.mask</path> file
(situated in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> by default), add the
-<e>exact</e> same line in the <path>/etc/portage/package.unmask</path> file
+desired version (usually this will be the exact same line from
+<path>profiles</path>) in the <path>/etc/portage/package.unmask</path> file
(or in a file in that directory if it is a directory).
</p>
@@ -163,6 +164,13 @@
=net-mail/hotwayd-0.8
</pre>
+<note>
+If an entry in <path>/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask</path> contains a range
+of package versions, you will need to unmask only the version(s) you actually
+want. Please read the <uri link="#versions">previous section</uri> to learn how
+to specify versions in <path>package.unmask</path>.
+</note>
+
</body>
</subsection>
<subsection>
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