Re: [gentoo-user] Accept all versions but 9999

[Gustavo Campos]

Compile time =)

Actually when I ripped off package.unmask, the kde-4 tree just got
crazy, so I moved back only autounmask-kde-meta. After that,
alsa-driver, which was at -9999 wanted to go back to 1.0.15, that
doesn't compile (bug in bugs.gentoo), so I'm now compiling alsa
in-kernel, but ir pretty much seems to be working out (thinking about
an emerge -C `equery list | grep 9999 | xargs` now)...

Anyway, I believe I got planty of time, it's raining a f***ing lot
here and I'm not inclined to be on my way to the University ^^

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Friday 14 March 2008, Gustavo Campos wrote:
>
> > That's the way I did it before, you know... but it really comes to be
>  > a pain in the ass when you want to test some new supercool releases
>  > with tons of dependencies, such as kde-4 and so on.
>
>  Tell me about it, been there done that, I feel your pain :-)
>
>
>  > However that's some neat tip, I haven't though on the possibility of
>  > leaving just package.keywords, I'm giving it a try just right now!
>  > Thanks a lot!
>
>  It was just an idea that came to me, completely untested. Let us know if
>  it mostly works out.
>
>
>
>
>
>  >
>  > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 4:14 AM, Alan McKinnon
>  <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
>  > > On Friday 14 March 2008, Gustavo Campos wrote:
>  > >  > Hi there.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > I have a "stable" system (I don't have ~x86 set), but I like to
>  > >  > have the latest versions of some specific software (kde, gnome,
>  > >  > amarok, alsa, pulseaudio, wine and so on). To achieve that, I've
>  > >  > been using autounmask with the parameter -n. When I have a
>  > >  > package I want to keep in the latest version, I just autounmask
>  > >  > -n package, so all the dependencies are unmasked and no version
>  > >  > number is appended.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > That works fine, but I like to have the latest released
>  > >  > versions, which means I usually want to get away from the *9999
>  > >  > ebuilds. The trouble is, when I use autounmask without version
>  > >  > numbers, those 9999 packages usually are choosen by portage, for
>  > >  > being the effective latest ones.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > I would like to know if there is a way for me to unmask
>  > >  > (automatically if possible) all versions BUT the 9999 ones, so I
>  > >  > have the latest releases but the less CVS/Beta packages as
>  > >  > possible.
>  > >
>  > >  I find autounmask does way too much for me, and does it blindly
>  > > just like a dumb computer should. so I do it manually. However, you
>  > > are using -n and at the same time trying to use it without -n...
>  > >
>  > >  Trying deleting the autounmask files in
>  > > /etc/portage/package.unmask/, that should go a long way to removing
>  > > the CVS stuff (which is usually hard masked) leaving just
>  > > package.keywords. You might have to manually resolve some conflicts
>  > > now and then though - small price
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  --
>  > >  Alan McKinnon
>  > >  alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>  > >
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>  > Ciência da Computação / Computer Science - UFMG
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> Alan McKinnon
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