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On Fri, 25 May 2007 10:27:10 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: |
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> I did #emerge --sync a couple of weeks ago, followed |
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> by an update of portage. But seems every time I do $ |
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> emerge -pv <some pkg> it always references software |
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> out-of-date by years sometimes. Two recent examples: |
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> sdcc and ecasound. There are many more. |
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If you want the latest, the first thing to do is sync, othrwise you're |
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going to miss out on anything added in the last two weeks. |
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> How do I tell portage to go for the latest stable pkg |
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> without having to download the tarball and |
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> compiling/installing it manually? |
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Ebuilds are generally marked stable around a month after being added to |
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portage, so if you want the latest version of a program, you need to |
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emerge the testing (~arch) ebuild. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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April Fools! You're really in a holodeck simulation! |