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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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> You can, by adding ">cate-gory/package-version" to |
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> /etc/portage/package.mask. As long as the package is installed, a copy |
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> of the ebuild will stay in /var/db/pkg. Portage never forces you to |
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> upgrade anything. |
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OK: thanks I did not know this. (I have never tried anything like emerge |
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world yet, I just update the packages as I need (either bug fixing or |
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for new functionality): I just noticed the older ebuilds go missing from |
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/usr/portage). |
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Simon Kellett, | Gentoo Linux, Fvwm, Firefox |
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Darmstadt, Germany | Xemacs, Vm, Gnus |
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