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From: Boris Fersing <kernelsensei@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:17:22
Message-Id: 97c95c3d0701191411g2d4f40f8re916b6528a415e76@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask by sean
1 2007/1/19, sean <tech.junk@×××××××.net>:
2 > Norberto Bensa wrote:
3 > > Hello list,
4 > >
5 > > what does "~" mean here:
6 > > (example from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask)
7 > >
8 > > ~net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3
9 > >
10 > > ?
11 >
12 > I think it means that the package is still in testing.
13
14 No, the ~ before the package name stands for "any revision of the base
15 version specified". (read 'man 5 ebuild')
16
17 Here, all the revisions of net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3 (-r1 , -r2, ...)
18 are masked !
19
20 regards,
21
22 Boris.
23 > --
24 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
25 >
26 >
27
28
29 --
30 $ ruby -e'puts " .:@BFegiklnorst".unpack("x4ax7aaX6ax5aX15ax4aax6aaX7ax2 \
31 aX5aX8axaX3ax8aX4ax6aX3aX6ax3ax3aX9ax4ax2aX9axaX6ax3aX2ax4 \
32 ax3aX4aXaX12ax10aaX7a").join'
33 --
34 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask Norberto Bensa <nbensa@×××.net>