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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 /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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(or as I prefer, a directory /etc/portage/package.keywords/ and then a |
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file within that directory), and put the package name in it. |
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However, it's generally considered a bad idea to mix and match arch and |
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~arch on a single system, since the dependencies cascade pretty quickly. |
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You'll eventually end up with the core packages on your system |
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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 already |
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one, just file a new one. (It may help to mention that it's stable on |
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amd64 already.) |
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--Mike |