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> > What do you guys do when you want to try the masked version of a |
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> > package to fix a problem you're having with the stable version, but |
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> > you don't want to follow the ~x86 version indefinitely? I've just |
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> > been adding the package to package.keywords, but that obviously |
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> > follows the masked version until you remember to remove the entry. Is |
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> > there a better solution? |
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> Let assume the package is gnumeric version 1.6.3 |
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> Then put the following line into /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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> ~app-office/gnumeric-1.6.3 |
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> This way you will get -1.6.3 and, if there is a GENTOO version bump, |
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> to ~app-office/gnumeric-1.6.3-r1, you will get that as well even if it |
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> is keyword masked (i.e. is ~x86). But you will *not* get -1.6.4 if it |
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> is ~x86 so you will in good time return to a stable version. |
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> allan gottlieb |
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That's perfect, thanks Allan. |
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- Grant |
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