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From: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Downgrading to a stable version of a package...
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:53:22
Message-Id: 20030722195223.781313a2.nikai@nikai.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] Downgrading to a stable version of a package... by Eric Pretorious
1 * Eric Pretorious <eric@××××××××××.net>:
2 > How can I tell if a particular package version is "stable" or "unstable"?
3
4 $ grep KEYWORDS /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r2.ebuild
5 KEYWORDS="x86 ppc sparc ~alpha ~mips ~hppa arm"
6
7 stable.
8
9 $ grep KEYWORDS /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r3.ebuild
10 KEYWORDS="~x86 ~ppc ~sparc ~alpha ~mips ~hppa ~arm"
11
12 unstable.
13
14 A very nice tool for changing KEYWORDS in an ebuild is "ekeyword" from
15 app-admin/gentoolkit.
16
17 # ekeyword ppc /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r3.ebuild
18 118c118
19 < KEYWORDS="~x86 ~ppc ~sparc ~alpha ~mips ~hppa ~arm"
20 ---
21 > KEYWORDS="~x86 ppc ~sparc ~alpha ~mips ~hppa ~arm"
22
23 Now it's stable ;)
24
25 Cheers,
26 n.
27
28 --
29 Buffy: Okay, that was too close for comfort. Not that slaying is
30 ever comfy, but... you know what I mean.
31
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