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From: Jim Ramsay <i.am@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:51:30
Message-Id: 20060728124642.3b9c387c@sed-192.sedsystems.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] world favorites: pros and cons by Enrico Weigelt
1 Enrico Weigelt wrote:
2 > * Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Also, the world file is a simple way to keep a package version (by
4 > > removing it from world), for instance, I don't wanna upgrade mysql
5 > > with my nightly "emerge -uDN world", so, its not in my world file.
6 >
7 > Isn't there any way for nailing it down to some specific version ?
8
9 Sure, mask anything higher than the version you want in
10 your /etc/portage/package.mask file:
11
12 >dev-db/mysql-4.1.20
13
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15 Jim Ramsay
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>