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On 12/29/2009 08:23 AM, Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: |
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> Hi. |
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> |
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> I want package A to incur a rebuild of package B, due to a newly |
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> introduced USE flag which affects B. I wish to express this in the |
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> package's ebuild. I therefore DEPENDed A in B[use_flag]. When I attempt |
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> to emerge A, portage offers to *upgrade* the dependency, taking in the |
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> new USE setting (there's an available upgrade in the tree). I want the |
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> dependency to be *rebuilt*, maintaining the same version currently |
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> installed. Can I tell emerge to do that? I'm looking for a general |
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> method of doing this, I.E. I wish to remain unaware of the specific |
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> version of the installed B package: If it's there, don't upgrade it, |
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> just rebuild w/new USE flag. |
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The only way to do that now is to mask the unwanted update in |
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/etc/portage/package.mask. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |