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On 11/2/2009 1:40 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote: |
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> On 11/2/2009 12:16 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote: |
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>> Could anyone tell me how to install firefox 3.5.x without changing the |
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>> entire installation to ~arch? I have been looking around on the web for |
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>> how to do this, but can't find anything that doesn't require being |
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>> (afaict) very invasive to the rest of the system. Thanks! |
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> For mozilla specifically, see below. |
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> In general, you would create a file called |
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> /etc/portage/package.keywords (or as I prefer, a directory |
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> /etc/portage/package.keywords/ and then a file within that directory), |
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> and put the package name in it. |
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> However, it's generally considered a bad idea to mix and match arch |
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> and ~arch on a single system, since the dependencies cascade pretty |
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> quickly. You'll eventually end up with the core packages on your |
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> system keyworded anyway, which defeats the whole point of running stable. |
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>> P.S. Mozilla considers this version to be stable/mature and is pushing |
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>> out it as the version most people should use. Why hasn't it been marked |
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>> as stable in the portage tree yet? |
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> It may just be an oversight; check bugs.gentoo.org to see if there's |
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> already a bug report asking it to be stabilized. If there isn't |
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> already one, just file a new one. (It may help to mention that it's |
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> stable on amd64 already.) |
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> --Mike |
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Thank you, I added firefox and xulrunner to package.keywords and that |
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did the trick. |
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Marcus |
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