Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Joshua ChaitinPollak <jpollak@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] A newbie question
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:44:06
Message-Id: E3B306DA-48E0-4352-949B-D14E13BE8656@kivasystems.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-embedded] A newbie question by GNUbie
1 If you use the command "emerge =sys-apps/package-1.2.3-r1" for
2 example, you'll 'freeze' the sys-apps/package at version 1.2.3-r1.
3 The build system I've written takes that into account.
4
5 The problem I've run into is that the Gentoo source mirrors age out
6 old versions, and I haven't yet setup a local proxy/mirror, so I keep
7 losing my frozen sources. I haven't come up with a great solution to
8 that.
9
10 On Feb 26, 2008, at 10:09 AM, GNUbie wrote:
11
12 > Hello all,
13 >
14 > Is there a way to freeze the versions of each packages you use to
15 > build your x86 Gentoo embedded system on your Gentoo build server?
16 > When I say freeze, I mean that there is a way to maintain a
17 > "stable" tree on your build system and all the upcoming updates
18 > will only be for bug fixes and security fixes.
19 >
20 > Regards,
21 >
22 > GNUbie
23
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] A newbie question Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>