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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 06:04:25
Message-Id: 1009713890.4800.0.camel@wp.smile
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Portage 1.8.1 released by Daniel Robbins
1 Really great!!!
2
3 But I miss a feature like a own package mask. As you know the file
4 $PORTAGEDIR/profiles/package.mask will be overwritten each time i do
5 emerge rsync, i would be nice to have a possible to create a own package
6 mask. Like /etc/make.mask or something. I like to compile my own kernel
7 and i don't need some stuff from the default profiles so i would add
8 something like:
9
10 *sys-kernel/linux-sources
11 *sys-apps/grub
12
13 etc.
14
15 It will be nice to have a feature like this
16
17 Thanks, Again really good work
18
19 Sebastian Werner
20
21
22 Am Son, 2001-12-30 um 07.56 schrieb Daniel Robbins:
23 > Hi All,
24 >
25 > Portage 1.8.1 has been released, which now includes working "emerge update"
26 > functionality. "emerge update" allows you to keep your key Gentoo Linux system
27 > packages fully up-to-date. To use it, first type "emerge --pretend update" to
28 > see what it will do. Then type "emerge update" to actually perform the
29 > updates.
30 >
31 > Emerge update is a great way to keep key packages like e2fsprogs, glibc and
32 > others fully up-to-date. It will not cause non-essential packages like
33 > GNOME to be automatically upgraded, but I will be adding that functionality
34 > soon -- by adding an "emerge everything" (name not finalized yet) mode.
35 >
36 > Best Regards,
37 >
38 > --
39 > Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
40 > Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org
41 > Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
42 > _______________________________________________
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44 > gentoo-dev@g.o
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