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From: Bryan Gardiner <bog@××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Blacklisting all packages from overlay except a specific group and version
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 02:49:10
Message-Id: 051DB1FF-818B-458F-BB2D-29D658D0B1B7@khumba.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Blacklisting all packages from overlay except a specific group and version by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 30 March 2016 05:01:16 GMT+09:00, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >So, I want to install packages from an overlay, but only from a
3 >specific
4 >group. In this case, the dev-qt/ group. The overlay name is "qt".
5 >
6 >It doesn't work:
7 >
8 > package.mask: */*::qt
9 > package.unmask: dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt
10 >
11 >With this, 5.6 versions are still masked.
12 >
13 >How do I do this?
14
15 The syntax for "5.6*"-like versions has an equals at the start, for example =dev-qt/qtbase-5.6*, so if it's allowed, =dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt would be the correct package.unmask syntax. Does that work?
16
17 Cheers,
18 Bryan

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