Re: [gentoo-user] package version notification (~/+)?

[John J. Foster]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 10:09:53PM -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> At Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:06:07 -0400 "John J. Foster" <Gentoo-User@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > Neil - I _think_ this is what I have not been able to understand for
> > over a year now. I run an almost entirely stable system, and want to
> > keep it that way. But occassionally there is something I want that is
> > currently ~x86, for instance amarok. So what you're saying is that if I
> >
> > #echo =media-sound/amarok-1.4.0a-r1 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
> >
> > I will not get the next testing version of amarok, but will get the next
> > stable?
>
> Yes.  The line you are adding to package.keywords says that for *the
> specific version listed* (since you begin with "=") you will emerge
> it, if it is keyworded (or stable).  For any other version, in
> particular for the next version issued from upstream, the line you
> added says nothing.  Hence, since you are running a stable system,
> only stable versions (except for 1.4.0a-r1) are eligible for emerging.
>
Excellent. Thanks Neil and Allan. You know, I just went back and re-read
the man page for portage, and it made perfect sense. I'd read that
fucking page probably 10 times before and didn't get it. 

Thanks again,
festus
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