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Hi! |
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:37:45 +0200 "Eray Aslan" <eray.aslan@×××××××.tr> |
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wrote: |
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> I am using portage for packet management. But there are a few |
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> programs (postfix for example) that I have emerged and now would like |
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> to manage myself. What is the best way to take a program out of |
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> portage without unmerging the program? Deleting the appropriate line |
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> from /var/lib/portage/world perhaps? Any side effects if I do that? |
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If postfix becomes a dependency of another package in the future it will |
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get updated by portage regardless of it being in the world-file. A |
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better way would be to install it by hand in /usr/local which is |
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reserved for user-managed programs. But you _will_ have to keep an eye |
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on all the required libraries. If they get updated by portage it could |
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break your local install of postfix unless you compile it statically. |
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Another option would be to mask every version of postfix except of |
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yours in package.mask. If you have to modify the ebuild copy it to your |
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portage overlay and install it from there. |
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Anyway, why do you want to manage those programs yourself? |
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Cheers, |
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Renat |
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-- |
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Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen, |
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durch die sie entstanden sind. |
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(Einstein) |
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