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Marco Matthies wrote: |
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>Gentoo leaves packages in unstable for a default period of time to make sure they work allright. If you want the newest version of a package, you must tell portage to do so by putting the appropriate stuff (subversion and it's dependencies) in /etc/portage/package.keywords. |
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Hmmm - that all sounds sane, but what is this default period of time? |
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What criteria must be met in order for a masked package (and |
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specifically for Subversion) to become unmasked? |
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>Here, i just did it myself by putting this in my package.keywords |
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>(create this file if it doesn't exist) : |
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>=dev-util/subversion-1.2.1 ~x86 |
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>=dev-libs/apr-util-0.9.5 ~x86 |
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>=dev-libs/apr-0.9.5 ~x86 |
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In one way this looks better than my fiddling with USE - however I'm |
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reluctant to choose specific versions in a durable configuration file. |
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Ideally I'd like to follow the natural upgrade cycle in future. |
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Wouldn't putting those lines in my package.keywords file prevent me |
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getting, say, version 1.3 automatically when I do an "emerge -uD world" |
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in another few months? |
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>This was just info about portage, it is in no |
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>way any form of endorsement on the new version of subversion, as I |
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>haven't used it at all - and I don't know if you should be so impatient with a new version of a package that seems to be important to you and your data... |
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I'm only impatient in so far as I'd prefer to use my gentoo server |
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rather than some other platform. I'm already using Subversion 1.2 on |
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other platforms and I've found no problems for my configuration.... so |
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(other than possible gentoo specific issues) I'm happy to run the latest |
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Subversion. |
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[Disclaimer - please don't blame me if your requirements are more |
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demanding than mine!. :-) ] |
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Thanks for the reply - it at least convinces me that it is possible to |
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get Subersion-1.2 installed... However, your solution raises more |
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questions from me about Gentoo. I'm now unsure if I want to wait-out |
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the default unstable time for packages (to minimise risk and to simplify |
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systems management) - or if there is a more subtle way to declare that |
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I'd like version 1.2.1 now and to have that upgraded when a future |
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version newer than that which becomes unmasked. Am I missing some other |
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obvious things? I found the Gentoo handbook a little opaque on the |
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topic of masked packages... lots of info - just not the answers to the |
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questions I was thinking. |
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