[gentoo-user] Re: Blacklisting all packages from overlay except a specific group and version

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 30/03/16 05:48, Bryan Gardiner wrote:
> On 30 March 2016 05:01:16 GMT+09:00, Nikos Chantziaras
> <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
>> So, I want to install packages from an overlay, but only from a
>> specific group. In this case, the dev-qt/ group. The overlay name
>> is "qt".
>>
>> It doesn't work:
>>
>>   package.mask: */*::qt
>>   package.unmask: dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt
>>
>> With this, 5.6 versions are still masked.
>
> The syntax for "5.6*"-like versions has an equals at the start, for
> example =dev-qt/qtbase-5.6*

That works.


> so if it's allowed, =dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt
> would be the correct package.unmask syntax.  Does that work?

Nope:

   "Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.unmask/qt: =dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt"

(Doesn't work with or without the "::qt".)