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On 02/04/2017 07:00 AM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: |
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> On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 07:12:01AM +0100, Floyd Anderson wrote: |
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>> On Fri, 03 Feb 18:34:22 -0700 |
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>> thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>>> I have an old version of asterisk-1.8.28.2 (it is no longer in portage). |
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>>> I want to keep this version, temporarily (till I have a chance to test a |
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>>> new one 11.25.1-ver. |
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>> |
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>> If you have the asterisk-ebuild (and all related files) still available, |
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>> you could try to migrate it to a local overlay [1][2]. Otherwise, tell |
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>> Portage you are handle this package yourself by adding it to: |
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>> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided |
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>> |
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>> This file can be used to hold a specific version — even the package is |
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>> no longer in tree. But notice, this isn’t the whole truth as mentioned |
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>> in [3]. Portage will not update listed packages unless another package |
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>> requires a newer version of it. |
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> |
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> I don't think package.provided will help in this case. He needs to |
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> rebuild the package to get rid of the old library so he needs the old |
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> ebuild and mask newer versions. |
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> |
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> But linking against a new library version can also cause problems so he |
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> might as well update it. If you *must* keep this build try adding |
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> --exclude='net-misc/asterisk' to the emerge @preserved-rebuild command |
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> and the old libraries used by asterisk will be preserved until you get a |
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> chance to update it but all other packages will use the new versions. |
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> |
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>> |
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>> Give it a try and invoke: |
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>> emerge --pretend --verbose net-misc/asterisk |
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>> to ensure if it’ll work as expected. |
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>> References: |
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>> [1] <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/CustomTree#Defining_a_custom_repository> |
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>> [2] <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay/Local_overlay> |
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>> [3] <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/profile/package.provided> |
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>> |
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>> -- |
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>> Best regards, |
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>> Floyd Anderson |
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I've tried to keep the asterisk-1.8.28.2 but the ebuild from "atic" |
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wouldn't even manifest. There was some security patch missing preventing |
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it from making manifest. |
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So more work for me upgrading to 11-ver. |
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Thelma |
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