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Am 18.10.2010 12:06, schrieb Timur Aydin: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am using the ~x86 (testing) version of gentoo linux. After recent |
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> updates, my X windows became extremely sluggish and I found out that the |
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> problem is related to a new version of mesa (7.8.2 specifically). So I |
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> downgraded to version 7.7.1 and my desktop works great again. |
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> Now I want to prevent mesa from being updated until this issue is sorted |
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> out upstream. I have looked at package.provide, but that didn't work. |
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> Currently, I have placed media-libs/mesa into my |
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> /etc/portage/package.mask file and this seems to do the trick. Is this |
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> the recommended way for handling this situation? |
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> Being a long time gentoo user, I want to do things the right way, so |
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> just working fine isn't enough :) |
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Hi, |
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from man poratage: |
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"package.mask |
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A list of package atoms to mask. Useful if specific versions of packages |
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do not work well for you. For example, you swear by the Nvidia |
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drivers, but only versions earlier than 1.0.4496. No problem!" |
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Regards kh |
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