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From: Johannes Rosenberger <gentoo@×××××.eu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge a binary package no longer in tree
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:50:12
Message-Id: 40de438b-55d2-6ed2-499e-d7e5b2f57380@jorsn.eu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge a binary package no longer in tree by Raffaele Belardi
1 On 20.02.2017 07:50, Raffaele Belardi wrote:
2 > I'd like to try and update a package I masked long time ago due to
3 > performance problems. Upstream the problem does not seem completely
4 > addressed and solved so I'd like to be able to go back to the old
5 > version just in case. But the old version is no longer in the tree. If
6 > I quickpkg it will I be able to reinstall it anyway?
7 >
8 > thanks,
9 >
10 > raffaele
11 >
12 > # cat /etc/portage/package.mask
13 > # version 1.8.3 uses 20% CPU for no reason
14 > >net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.2
15 >
16 > # eix -I rdesktop
17 > [?] net-misc/rdesktop
18 > Available versions: 1.8.3 (~)1.8.3-r1 (~)1.8.3-r2 {alsa ao debug
19 > ipv6 kerberos libressl libsamplerate oss pcsc-lite xrandr}
20 >
21 > # quickpkg net-misc/rdesktop
22 > * Building package for net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.2 ...
23 > [ ok ]
24 >
25 > * Packages now in '/usr/portage/packages':
26 > * net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.2: 157
27
28 Yes, you will be.