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From: Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:45:50
Message-Id: 342e1090607281339rdfd0f8dwa07460353334e670@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons by Jim Ramsay
1 On 7/28/06, Jim Ramsay <i.am@×××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Enrico Weigelt wrote:
3 > > Yeah, but this would also prevent fixes in this ebuild.
4 > > (ie. if there's a typo or broken dependency)
5 >
6 > Then you could do:
7 >
8 > >=dev-db/mysql-4.2
9 >
10 > This would allow any mysql-4.1.*, including 4.1.20-r1 and 4.1.99
11 >
12 > Though you do raise a good point... it would be nice to specify a "real
13 > upstream version number" differently from the Gentoo "interim release
14 > number" such as -r2. Can you think of a sane way to do that?
15 >
16 > My suggestion would be to use a '+' character to represent "all
17 > possible gentoo interim releases", as follows:
18 >
19 > Masking
20 > >dev-db/mysql-4.1.20+
21 > should allow mysql-4.1.20-r1 but not mysql-4.1.21
22 >
23
24 Take a look at the "~" operator...
25
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27 Daniel da Veiga
28 Computer Operator - RS - Brazil
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[gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons Jim Ramsay <i.am@×××××××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons Jim Ramsay <i.am@×××××××××.com>