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On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 21:20 -0400, Matthew Cline wrote: |
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> I've been having serious problems with newer versions of |
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> gentoo-sources (basically 2.6.12-r9 and 2.6.12-r10), so I have |
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> downgraded to 2.6.12-r4, which is rock solid for me. So, I thought to |
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> add something like this atom to /etc/portage/package.mask: |
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> |
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> >sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 |
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> |
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> However, what I really want to to is mask all versions of |
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> gentoo-sources greater than 2.6.12-r4 and less than or equal to |
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> 2.6.12-r10, so that I can test newer versions of gentoo-sources beyond |
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> 2.6.12-r10 when they become available. So, what I really want is |
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> something like this: |
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> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4< >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 |
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> |
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> Of course, this syntax doesn't work and spits out an "Invalid atom" |
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> error when I run emerge. Does anyone know the proper syntax for what I |
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> want to achieve? Is it even possible to acheive this? |
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In /etc/portage/package.mask: |
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>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 |
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In /etc/portage/package.unmask |
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>=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 |
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Should do what you want. |
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Regards, |
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Paul |
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