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On Saturday 20 April 2002 07:12 pm, Terje Kvernes wrote: |
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> Mike Payson <mike@××××××××××××××.com> writes: |
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> > How about something like: |
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> > emerge --force foo_1.1beta |
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> > with --force (or whatever keyword is chosen) telling it to ignore |
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> > the currently set stability level & install the particular package |
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> > specified? |
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> hm, "--force" might eventually get other meanings, with dependencies |
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> and such. but I can't really think of any other fitting option. |
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> "--any-stability-level" is a tad long, but "--force" will probably |
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> imply "--any-stability-level", and of course, we can use a short |
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> mapping of it (-A or so). I'll see about getting this in as well. |
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I agree --force might not be the best term... It is appropriate in the context |
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of "force this version, regardless of the default stability level", but as I |
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said, other keywords might be more appropriate. |
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> please note that an option like this will _not_ have the exact |
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> effect you're thinking of. |
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> emerge --force xgammon |
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> will get the most resent xgammon. if you specifically want |
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> xgammon-0.98a you need to do: |
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> emerge --force =xgammon-0.98a |
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> note the "=". if you don't give the "="-sign emerge will look for |
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> the latest version of the package "xgammon-0.98a" and come up short. |
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> this is also how emerge / portage works today. |
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That's actually what I meant. Sorry for the confusion. |
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ps. Sorry about the blank message... |
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