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From: Sebastian Werner <sebastian@××××××××××××××××××.de>
To: Troy Dack <troy@××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Overriding package mask
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:10:23
Message-Id: 3D5E763A.505@werner-productions.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Overriding package mask by Troy Dack
1 Troy Dack schrieb:
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3 >On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 08:28, Sebastian Werner wrote:
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5 >
6 >>Hi!
7 >>
8 >>I want to use the beta version of gimp. So I unmask gimp in
9 >>package.mask. But each rsync this file will be overwritten and I have to
10 >>modify it again. We have a portage overlay support now... what's about
11 >>to add a /usr/portage.local/profiles/package.ok which overrides
12 >>package.mask in /usr/portage? Is it possible to implement something like
13 >>this. I have some more programs which are declared as beta but I want to
14 >>use :)
15 >>
16 >>
17 >>
18 >
19 >It doesn't exist as yet, but it is in development. There is at least
20 >one bug on bugs.gentoo.org where the devs are discussing this.
21 >
22 >At the moment your best bet is to copy the gimp directory to your
23 >PORTAGE_OVERLAY directory. Local ebuild are not checked against the
24 >package.mask file.
25 >
26
27 cool thank you for this info... :)
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29 Sebastian
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