Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl@×××××××××××.at>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] ~amd64 vs portage.unmask
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:08:40
Message-Id: 497F93F3.6010901@getdesigned.at
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] ~amd64 vs portage.unmask by Mark Knecht
1 Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > I seem to be a bit confused about the correct usage of ~amd64 vs
3 > unmasking a package in the portage.unmask file. Thanks in advance.
4 >
5 >
6 > What's the proper way for me to limit glib at the currently installed
7 > revision level?
8 >
9 >
10 portage.unmask is for masking, portage.keywords for keywording. These
11 are not the same.
12
13 You can accept the ~amd64 keyword for just a single version the same way
14 you can unmask just a single version. Put this in portage.keywords:
15
16 =dev-libs/glib-2.18.4 ~amd64
17
18
19 Sebastian

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] ~amd64 vs portage.unmask Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: ~amd64 vs portage.unmask Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>