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From: mike <vapier@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] portage wanting to 'update' to lower version of installed package
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:54:43
Message-Id: 0ea701c2611a$71a33300$55f1d782@vapier
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] portage wanting to 'update' to lower version of installed package by Burton Samograd
1 if a new version was unmasked and later found to be
2 REALLY broken or a huge security hole or something,
3 then this makes sense.
4 the idea is that, if the package is masked, then its not
5 supposed to be on a normal system (its still being tested
6 and/or its known to be bad)
7 -mike
8
9 ----- Original Message -----
10 From: "Burton Samograd" <kruhft@×××××××××××××.org>
11 To: <gentoo-dev@g.o>
12 Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 22:33
13 Subject: [gentoo-dev] portage wanting to 'update' to lower version of
14 installed package

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Re: [gentoo-dev] portage wanting to 'update' to lower version of installed package Burton Samograd <kruhft@×××××××××××××.org>