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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:38:07
Message-Id: 11dc610c-ab26-d97c-c81c-0de490919e9f@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency by "J. Roeleveld"
1 J. Roeleveld wrote:
2 >
3 > You need to add "-1" or "--oneshot".
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5 > As this has been used, I would definitely expect the world-file to be full of this, causing issues with updates later.
6 >
7 > Also, by restricting to @system, any packages not in @system with a restriction on readline V8 will cause the mentioned problem.
8 >
9 > @system is, for me, a lasr resort, but I tend to move my world file away (rename) and put it back once @system is done and a depclean finished. This is usually only needed after not updating for a while and/or big changes in the tree.
10 >
11 > --
12 > Joost
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15 Would OP posting the world file help?  I'm sure some of us could
16 recognize things that shouldn't be there and could help clean it up. 
17 Things with a specific version should be given a hard look. 
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19 Dale
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21 :-)  :-) 

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