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From: Sebastian Werner <sebastian@××××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage 1.8.1 released
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:57:05
Message-Id: 1009745847.31271.0.camel@wp.smile
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage 1.8.1 released by Sebastian Werner
1 Another possible could be to add a flag:
2
3 dont_update_not_currently_installed_packages
4
5 in /etc/make.conf
6
7 This is not so flexible but enough for me. Please tell me what you all
8 there think about this.
9
10 Sebastian Werner
11
12 Am Son, 2001-12-30 um 13.04 schrieb Sebastian Werner:
13 > Really great!!!
14 >
15 > But I miss a feature like a own package mask. As you know the file
16 > $PORTAGEDIR/profiles/package.mask will be overwritten each time i do
17 > emerge rsync, i would be nice to have a possible to create a own package
18 > mask. Like /etc/make.mask or something. I like to compile my own kernel
19 > and i don't need some stuff from the default profiles so i would add
20 > something like:
21 >
22 > *sys-kernel/linux-sources
23 > *sys-apps/grub
24 >
25 > etc.
26 >
27 > It will be nice to have a feature like this
28 >
29 > Thanks, Again really good work
30 >
31 > Sebastian Werner
32 >
33 >
34 > Am Son, 2001-12-30 um 07.56 schrieb Daniel Robbins:
35 > > Hi All,
36 > >
37 > > Portage 1.8.1 has been released, which now includes working "emerge update"
38 > > functionality. "emerge update" allows you to keep your key Gentoo Linux system
39 > > packages fully up-to-date. To use it, first type "emerge --pretend update" to
40 > > see what it will do. Then type "emerge update" to actually perform the
41 > > updates.
42 > >
43 > > Emerge update is a great way to keep key packages like e2fsprogs, glibc and
44 > > others fully up-to-date. It will not cause non-essential packages like
45 > > GNOME to be automatically upgraded, but I will be adding that functionality
46 > > soon -- by adding an "emerge everything" (name not finalized yet) mode.
47 > >
48 > > Best Regards,
49 > >
50 > > --
51 > > Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
52 > > Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org
53 > > Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
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