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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:48:37 -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote: |
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>> > =x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 ~amd64 |
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>> > in /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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>> > but 'emerge -uD world' still tries to build x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1 |
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>> > which fails, so the whole process is stopped. |
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>> echo \>x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 >> /etc/portage/package.mask |
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>> # and to prevent downgrades |
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> That blocks all future updates, not just the broken one. |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> If there is light at the end of the tunnel...order more tunnel. |
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Ah... I didn't read closely what the reason for wanting to hold at the |
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current version was, in the little time I had at that moment I just |
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threw an answer to the exact question in the title of the mail... |
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"hold a package at a specific version" ... you're right, though, for |
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the given reasons they're likely far better off only blocking the |
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problematic one. |
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Poison [BLX] |
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