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From: Svyatogor <svyatogor@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Blocking a specific package version
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:08:32
Message-Id: 20030820192601.29130f8c.svyatogor@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Blocking a specific package version by Patrick Kursawe
1 What if you do:
2 DEPEND="! >=medial-libs/divx4linux-whatever_ver_stoped_working"
3
4
5 On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:00:40 +0200
6 Patrick Kursawe <phosphan@g.o> wrote:
7
8 > Hi there,
9 >
10 > what's the syntax for blocking a specific package version?
11 >
12 > Nvrec does not work with the latest divx4linux, just with an older
13 > version. If I say DEPEND="=media-libs/divx4linux-20020418*" this
14 > makes it get this version before compiling, but it does not stop
15 > anyone from compiling the new divx4linux version after that (which
16 > will break divx related nvrec programs because the libraries are
17 > not compatible).
18 >
19 > Check http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26517 for details
20 > of the problem.
21 >
22 > Any idea?
23 >
24 > Thanks,
25 >
26 > Patrick
27 >
28
29
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