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sean posted <436D09CA.1000905@×××××××.net>, excerpted below, on Sat, 05 |
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Nov 2005 14:36:42 -0500: |
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> Looking in the openoffice-bin directory I see a listing for |
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> openoffice-bin-2.0.0.ebuild and it does have the amd64 listed as a keyword. |
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> However, whenever I do an emerge openoffice-bin the build process |
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> installs version 1.1.5. |
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> I did notice that the keyword for 1.1.5 is as follows, KEYWORDS="amd64 |
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> x86" and 2.0.0 is as KEYWORDS="~x86 ~amd64". |
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> If I recall the ~ means unstable/untested. Is this the reason, and is |
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> there a work around? |
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> I would actually rather build 2.0 but have been unable to clear the |
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> keyword for openoffice 2.0.0. |
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You already have an answer for this particular case, but nothing pointing |
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you to information on how it actually works, so you can understand what's |
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happening and why... |
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All Gentoo users should read and understand the "Working with Gentoo" and |
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"Working with Portage" portions of the Gentoo Handbook. The first part of |
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the handbook is on installation, true, but that's not ALL there is to the |
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handbook, and unfortunately, a lot of folks miss the parts of it that |
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cover actually working with a live Gentoo system, including how portage |
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works, which includes how keywords work, and the difference between ~arch |
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(unstable) and arch (stable) keywords. |
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Link to the Gentoo Handbook, AMD64 edition: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml |
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Direct link to the handbook, part 2, Working with Gentoo: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=2 |
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Direct link to the handbook, part 3, Working with Portage: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=3 |
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(While I'm at it, of help for those setting up their network |
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config, part 4, Gentoo Network Configuration.) |
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Read and understand the handbook, and you'll be better equipped to |
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make the decisions necessary to properly admin your Gentoo computer, |
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including how to deal with keywords, the question at hand. Fail to read |
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and understand what's so readily available, and you'll continue to have to |
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post questions with "simple" answers, and won't be able to get the most |
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out of your Gentoo system, because you don't understand the basics of how |
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to configure it to fit your specific needs. In that case, you might as |
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well choose a binary distribution, not bothering with all this compiling |
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from source and customized configuration stuff, as that's what makes |
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Gentoo different from the others, better, for those who wish that level of |
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control over their own system. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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