Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] freezing a package
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:13:27
Message-Id: 20091219151224.GU9113@anton.digitaltorque.ca
1 If I want to freeze my nvidia-drivers because any upgrade will abandon my
2 hardware, masking out newer versions doesn't seem to be enough as it will also
3 offer to downgrade once that version is no longer in the portage tree.
4
5 Is it simpler to just remove nvidia-drivers from the world file?
6
7 Thanks,
8 Mike
9 --
10 Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca>
11 "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
12 touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
13 --Albert Einstein

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Re: [gentoo-user] freezing a package Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] freezing a package Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>