Re: [gentoo-user] How can I unmask package and mask just its one version?

[Fatih Tümen]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 20:13, Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> how can I unmask (generally) certain M~ masked package and
> mask one particular version of that package? I want to use
> that package, but skip just one "x.y.z" upgrade, and continue
> with any future higher upgrades ("x.y.z+1").
>
> So I entered tree/package in /etc/portage/package.unmask, and
> tree/package_x.y.z into /etc/portage/package.mask. But this
> does not work, that "x.y.z" version still wants to be installed...
>
> Jarry
>
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# emerge app-portage/autounmask
# autounmask category/package-version

Watch the output of autounmask, read the written files, you will see how to.

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   Fatih