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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dependency conflict. openjpeg ffmpeg
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 08:59:33
Message-Id: 539D606D.3050609@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Dependency conflict. openjpeg ffmpeg by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:10:41 -0500, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Ahh. I was curious and thought about that. That version is mentioned
5 >> in the error tho so I wasn't sure. I wonder tho, can I add that file
6 >> and not have a version at all? Sort of like I do in package.keywords
7 >> etc etc.
8 >
9 > You can, but you just said.
10 >
11 >> I've
12 >> never put anything in the env directory before and would prefer to keep
13 >> it that way because I will forget it is there and it will come back and
14 >> bite me some day.
15 >
16 > Using the version number means the setting will "expire" when the
17 > package is upgraded, meaning it won;t be able to bite you later on.
18 >
19 > Though I would prefix the atom with ~ instead of = to cover patch level
20 > updates.
21 >
22 >
23
24 I have looked for a place where it is documented how to do that. I know
25 there is a lot of ways to add packages to those files with <=> and such
26 in front of the package names. Do you have a link to some docs on
27 that? If not, some examples would be cool.
28
29 Well, I was going to try adding the variable to make.conf as posted in
30 another email. I think that may be better since this seems to be a
31 issue that is "in flux" at the moment. ;-)
32
33 Dale
34
35 :-) :-)
36
37 --
38 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or
39 how you interpreted my words!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Dependency conflict. openjpeg ffmpeg Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>