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From: Shawn Singh <callmeshawn@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Error when trying to emerge --update --deep --newuse world
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:02:23
Message-Id: 7225537e0701080455s52916c9cm71a16e011bf8fc02@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Error when trying to emerge --update --deep --newuse world by Ryan Sims
1 gotcha. Thanks for the info.
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3 Shawn
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5 On 1/5/07, Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com> wrote:
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7 > On 1/5/07, Shawn Singh <callmeshawn@×××××.com> wrote:
8 > [snip]
9 > > [blocks B ] sys-apps/coldplug (is blocking sys-fs/udev-103)
10 > >
11 > > I can't emerge: sys-fs/udev-103 or udev-103 b/c that's not a valid
12 > package
13 > > atom ...
14 >
15 > The correct way to specify a particular version is "=sys-fs/udev-103"
16 > (or >= or <= or ~, etc). "sys-fs/udev" is also fine, but putting the
17 > version in the command requires one of those operators. That's what
18 > portage means when it complains about an invalid atom.
19 >
20 > --
21 > Ryan W Sims
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23 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
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