Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask and my thick skull

[John J. Foster]

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 06:14:41PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 15 May 2006 12:44:05 -0400, John J. Foster wrote:
>
> > I currently have
> >
> > app-office/openoffice ~x86    # in package.keywords
> >
> > app-office/openoffice-2.0.2-r2 is currently installed
> >
> > I would like to be able to mask all updates until
> >
> > app-office/openoffice-2.0.3 or app-office/openoffice-2.1
>
> Use /etc/portage/package.keywords
>
> =app-office/openoffice-2.0.2-r2 ~x86
> >=app-office/openoffice-2.0.3 ~x86
>
Just for arguments sake, let's say I wanted to run openoffice stable
only. First I remove app-office/openoffice ~x86 from package.keywords
and reemerge app-office/openoffice-2.0.2-r1.
Now, where do I specify that I only want the next stable openoffice 
if it's at least -2.0.3 ?

festus

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