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Alex Fortwinder wrote: |
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> Hi again. I did everything you've suggested and put those in /etc/portage/mask, however I got this: |
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> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: mail-client/sylpheed-2.2.5 |
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> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4 |
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> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: xorg-x11-7.0-r1 |
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> What's atom it's talking about? Thanks again |
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The 'atom' being each line. |
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Because you have specified a version number, you will need to tell it if |
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you mean just that version (=) or anything newer than that version (>=) |
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thus |
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www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4 |
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would become |
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>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4 |
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Tim |
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> Alex |
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> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:24:07 -0500 |
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> Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Alex Fortwinder wrote: |
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>>> I's like to update my system, however, I'd like to keep some of the packages as they are (X, firefox, kernel, etc) |
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>>> How do I go about it before i run emerge --update --deep --newuse world? |
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>> Add entries to /etc/portage/package.mask. Something like: |
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>>> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1 |
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>> would tell portage not to merge anything "greater than" X version |
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>> 7.0-r1. You could also just put 7.0 and it would at least get you the |
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>> bug fixes (r2, r3, etc. when they come along). Enjoy! |
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>> R |
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>> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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