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From: "Arttu V." <arttuv69@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:54:56
Message-Id: v2ifecdbac61004180854wff8166ci531b087124a9029e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package? by Tanstaafl
1 On 4/18/10, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 >>> You could try temporarily masking it:
3 >>> #echo sys-devel/gcc >> /etc/portage/package.mask
4 >>>
5 >>> Then updating:
6 >>> #emerge -e system
7 >>>
8 >>> Then removing the mask:
9 >>> #sed -i '$d' /etc/portage/package.mask
10 >>>
11 >>> I don't know of any emerge flag that does this in one step.
12 >>
13 >> Hmmm, good idea, thanks Vincent...
14 >
15 > Crap, doesn't look like this will work...
16 <snip/>
17 >
18 > Any other ideas?
19
20 A guess: try it with package.provided instead of package.mask. See the
21 section on portage man page. The syntax for package.provided requires
22 a full version atom (e.g., sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-r1), but this approach
23 might not interfere with dep tree calculations like masking does.
24
25 --
26 Arttu V.

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