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On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 18:48 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> Paul Hoy wrote: |
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> > On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> >> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:38:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: |
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> >> |
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> >>> Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast through |
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> >>> and through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it does |
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> >>> not constitute a release of a recent version IMHO. |
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> >>> |
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> >> |
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> >> They're not "unstable", they are "testing", and that only applies to the |
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> >> ebuild itself, not the upstream package. If you want the latest versions, |
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> >> you need to run ~arch. Any distro that puts brand new packages (with the |
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> >> exception of security fixes) into its stable package tree has thrown all |
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> >> concept of QA out of the window. |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> Neil Bothwick |
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> >> |
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> >> Top Oxymorons Number 30: Business ethics |
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> >> |
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> > |
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> > Hi Neil, |
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> > Is there a way to explicitly search for ~arch releases or do I have set |
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> > the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable in make.conf and hope for the best during |
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> > emerge? |
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> > Paul |
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> > *ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable* |
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> You can export variables in the shell (not generally recommended) or put them directly on the command line. |
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> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -s foo |
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> It's best to use /etc/portage/package.keywords to keep your package specific keywords (documented in the "portage" manpage). |
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> Zac |
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Zac, |
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Beauty. Just tried it and found some gnome updates. Very much |
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appreciated. |
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Paul |
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