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From: antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] news 2021-01-30-display-manager-init -- blocked package
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:53:56
Message-Id: 90f6bc16-fcb2-2057-110b-9d1f6d19d7a7@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] news 2021-01-30-display-manager-init -- blocked package by Rich Freeman
1 On 31/01/2021 19:20, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 11:01 PM Kusoneko <kusoneko@××××××××.moe> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> It states that starting the next xorg-server version, ...
5 >>
6 >> ... Doing the required update is currently impossible.
7 >>
8 >> I am definitely not gonna remember about this
9 >> in a week or 2 so I'd like to deal with whatever
10 >> this issue is asap. Is there any way to do this?
11 >
12 > You hit on the issue. You can either wait and not have to mess with
13 > much, or you can force things using keywords as Jacques suggested, and
14 > then if you want to go back to stable do more work later to transition
15 > back.
16 >
17 Is there a way to say "install this version from ~ if it's more recent
18 than stable"? That way, as stable catches up and overtakes ~, it reverts
19 back to stable without any further intervention?
20
21 Cheers,
22 Wol

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