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From: gottlieb@×××.edu
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:34:48
Message-Id: 87y53fup6t.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY by Allan Gottlieb
1 On Wed, Oct 17 2012, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2
3 > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:18:50 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
4 >
5 >> A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to
6 >> stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch
7 >> up.
8 >>
9 >> Can someone repost this msg?
10 >
11 > You can generate the list with
12 >
13 > qlist -ICv | sed -e 's/^/~/' -e 's/-r[1-9]$//' >/etc/portage/package.mask/goingstable
14
15 Am I correct in believing that there is a typo and "package.mask"
16 should be "package.accept_keywords"
17
18 > Occasionally running eix-test-obsolete will let you know which entries
19 > have become redundant because stable has caught up with them.
20
21 thanks,
22 allan
23
24 PS I know this was posted a year ago but I am only now implementing the
25 suggestion. Sorry for the delay.

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Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>