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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:39:12 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> > According to the portage man-page you must include the version of |
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> > the package |
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> Yes I saw that too, But that wasn't necessary before. So maybe new? |
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> But it also raises another question. The emacs I wanted to keep is an |
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> older version than the newest in portage. So do I enter that version? |
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Put the version you have installed in package.provided and |
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">category/package-version" in /etc/portage/package.mask. |
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This will tell portage that you have the version you have installed, |
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but not to try to update to a newer version. If you ever try to install a |
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package that requires a later version of emacs than you have, you'll get |
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an error and can deal with it manually, whereas putting later versions |
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in package.provided means you'll see no error until the dependent |
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package breaks. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I do not like this dumb machine |
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I really ought to sell it. |
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It never does just what I want |
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But only what I tell it. |
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