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On 31/03/2016 00:13, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 30/03/16 05:48, Bryan Gardiner wrote: |
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>> On 30 March 2016 05:01:16 GMT+09:00, Nikos Chantziaras |
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>> <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> So, I want to install packages from an overlay, but only from a |
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>>> specific group. In this case, the dev-qt/ group. The overlay name |
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>>> is "qt". |
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>>> It doesn't work: |
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>>> package.mask: */*::qt |
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>>> package.unmask: dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt |
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>>> |
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>>> With this, 5.6 versions are still masked. |
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>> The syntax for "5.6*"-like versions has an equals at the start, for |
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>> example =dev-qt/qtbase-5.6* |
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> That works. |
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>> so if it's allowed, =dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt |
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>> would be the correct package.unmask syntax. Does that work? |
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> Nope: |
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> "Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.unmask/qt: =dev-qt/*-5.6*::qt" |
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> (Doesn't work with or without the "::qt".) |
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It's the leading "*" that's wrong there, because it's not a glob or a |
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regex; it's more a placeholder metacharacter with it's own rules. Look |
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at the relevant section in man 5 ebuild. It's not explicit but it does |
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strongly hint that "*" goes at the end of a string |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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