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Hello, |
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> > Can anybody tell me why portage constantly upgrade and then downgrade |
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> > GCC (versions 3.3.5 & 3.3.6) each time I "emerge -pvuD world" ??? |
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> A little trick I do when this kind of stuff happens. In portage, there's a |
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> file called /etc/portage/package.mask. You can use it to mask packages |
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> that aren't in /usr/portage/profile/package.mask. It is however, useful in |
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> finding out why packages are downgrading. So, here's what you can do: |
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> echo "=sys-devel/gcc-3.3.5" >> /etc/portage/package.mask |
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Cool idea, but on better is to do the following: |
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echo "<sys-devel/gcc-3.3.6" >> /etc/portage/package.mask |
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I tried what you suggested for a different package and it wanted to downgrade |
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to an earlier version than the one I masked. The "<" will not let it |
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downgrade. |
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Thanks for your tip! |
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Sean |
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Sean Higgins, sean@×××××××.com |
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