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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to prevent emacs from installing v24?
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:44:48
Message-Id: 50736519.1060904@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to prevent emacs from installing v24? by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:57:45 -0500, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >>> Not that you need to actually edit the file these days
5 >>>
6 >>> emerge --deselect app-editors/emacs
7 >>> emerge --noreplace app-editors/emacs:23
8 >>>
9 >>> will do nicely.
10 >> I have noticed I have to add select y to your last command. Is it just
11 >> me? I notice you didn't have that on yours. Just got to ask.
12 > --noreplace on its own works fine here. It doesn't re-emerge the package
13 > if it is already installed, just adds it to world, whereas --select=y
14 > emerges it regardless.
15 >
16 >
17
18 Well, here, it doesn't recompile either way, if it is installed. This
19 is weird. I'm on portage-2.2.0_alpha135. I don't run the 9999 version
20 tho.
21
22 Maybe I need to try it again and something has changed. It has been a
23 month or so since I had to use it.
24
25 Dale
26
27 :-) :-)
28
29 --
30 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!