Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I don't want to upgrade to xorg-x11-7.0
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:28:35
Message-Id: 20060406230941.676ea411@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] I don't want to upgrade to xorg-x11-7.0 by Daevid Vincent
1 On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:45:34 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote:
2
3 > server portage # cat /etc/portage/package.mask
4 > =x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6
5 >
6 > But when I do an "emerge -Davu world" it still tries to pull xorg
7 > dependencies:
8
9 Because you have masked one specific version. 6.8.2-r6 is masked, 7.0
10 and up are not. The correct entry to put in package.mask is
11 ">=x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0"
12
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15 Neil Bothwick
16
17 If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound?

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