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On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:06:25 +0300, Timur Aydin wrote: |
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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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package.mask is the right place, but you should add the specific version. |
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Then the system will only upgrade when a newer (hopefully fixed) version |
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arrives. |
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=media-libs/mesa-7.8.2 |
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Neil Bothwick |
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WindowError:01B Illegal error. Do NOT get this error. |