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On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 02:37, Jani Monoses wrote: |
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> I'd like to test/use latest versions of most packages but not the latest |
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> glibc for instance or something which might destabilize the whole |
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> system. They are both under the same hat with the current ~arch setup. |
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Use /etc/portage/package.mask to pin your version of glibc/gcc/whatever |
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to the version you want until you feel comfortable with a higher |
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version. |
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> Also if only packages with no bugs in them should be stable then |
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> probably only /bin/yes, /bin/false, /bin/true and TeX would make it :) |
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Packages that have no apparent bugs that have shown up during the |
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"testing" phase. No software is perfect. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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