Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Sid S <r030t1@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Is it wrong to install a specific version
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2015 04:11:19
Message-Id:	`CAAD4mYhSnSGd+B6MnO66vL=Uk_7wNs27EwmemT=sjnEKf=Oo6w@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Is it wrong to install a specific version by Dale

1	A package set is just a list of packages in a file under
2	/etc/portage/sets. You can operate on every package in the set at
3	once.
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5	https://dev.gentoo.org/~zmedico/portage/doc/ch02.html
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7	If you merged the packages by version they won't be automatically
8	updated. This includes the case where they are part of a set (unless
9	you leave part of the version unspecified). If you merged the slot,
10	the packages would update to changes made in that slot.