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On 7/6/06, W.Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> Is there a way to easily stop the system upgrading until the stable |
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> packages catch up? - without breakages? |
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Use version masks in your keywords file. So rather than |
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x11-base/xorg-x11 ~x86 |
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Use |
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<x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1 |
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This will allow ~x86 versions of xorg 7.0, but wait until 7.1 goes |
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stable before upgrading to that. You can use the specific version of |
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a ~x86 package that is available now if you like...but be careful if |
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you do this as some versions might disappear from portage without ever |
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going stable, causing portage to want to downgrade something back to |
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stable. |
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As far as going back to stable, it should be no more risky than going |
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~x86. Just remove the keywords, and "emerge -DNv world" will give you |
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the stable versions of those packages. The standard revdep-rebuild |
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and the like will still apply, just as with an "update". |
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One useful trick for seeing what versions you might want to backup to |
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is to export ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=-~x86 and use --pretend. For example: |
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ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=-~x86 emerge -Dvp world |
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will show you every ~x86 package you have installed, and what the |
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stable version is. |
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-Richard |
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