Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: JM <jmurray315@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating world
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:24:38
Message-Id: AANLkTimSVkRYrBiRhVbqkY4DYxHWnaNjZ3SYOf=vbjQ3@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating world by Neil Bothwick
1 You're right - could the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS be only used for the troublesome
2 packages?
3
4 On 27 March 2011 22:54, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5
6 > On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:25:18 +0100, JM wrote:
7 >
8 > > You can allow it to install the masked packages by typing:
9 > >
10 > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge --update --deep world
11 >
12 > That will update every package to the latest ~x86 version, and cause them
13 > all to downgrade again the next time you emerge world. As this includes
14 > packages that are both critical and hate being downgraded, like glibc,
15 > this is a really bad idea.
16 >
17 > You would have to really hate someone to want to put them through this.
18 >
19 >
20 > --
21 > Neil Bothwick
22 >
23 > "Meow" <SPLAT!> "Woof" <SPLAT!> Jeez, it's really raining today.
24 >

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Updating world Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>