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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:53:38
Message-Id: 200903121252.16721.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system by Neil Bothwick
1 On Thursday 12 March 2009 11:48:48 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:56:47 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 > > The atom syntax you want is <package>~ which means any -rN version
4 > > (including -r0) of the base version.
5 >
6 > I've only even seen the ~ used at the start of an atom, I didn't know it
7 > could be used at the end too.
8
9 <sigh> and we both know what "assume" stands for, right?
10
11 You must be English. Only an Englishman could point out a blunder like that in
12 such a subtle way as to make the other guy cringe with embarrassment...
13
14 --
15 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>