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On 1/5/2010 12:53 PM, Zeerak Waseem wrote: |
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> Ah well, having the sets in the wrong place would give me an error. |
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> And regarding portage version, weren't sets included in v. 2.x.x? My |
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> portage version is 2.1.7.16, anything above seems to be hardmasked... |
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No, sets appear starting in portage v2.2. And yes, the whole 2.2 series |
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is hard-masked. The stated reason is so that the 2.1 test versions will |
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actually get some testing. |
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Opinions over precisely how silly it is to test old, being-obsoleted |
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versions in deference to new, enhanced versions vary and can be found in |
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the list archives. |
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Most unstable users have probably unmasked sys-apps/portage long ago and |
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moved into the future. |
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--Mike |
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