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From:	Vincent Launchbury <vincent@×××××××××××××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package?
Date:	Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:07:12
Message-Id:	`4BCA30EA.6020801@doublecreations.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package? by Tanstaafl

1	On 04/17/10 17:09, Tanstaafl wrote:
2	> On 2010-04-17 4:59 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
3	>> emerge system -gcc (where '-gcc' serves to tell portage to compile
4	>> everything but gcc)?
5	>
6	> Of course I meant:
7	>
8	> emerge -e system -gcc
9
10	You could try temporarily masking it:
11	#echo sys-devel/gcc >> /etc/portage/package.mask
12
13	Then updating:
14	#emerge -e system
15
16	Then removing the mask:
17	#sed -i '$d' /etc/portage/package.mask
18
19	I don't know of any emerge flag that does this in one step.
20
21	Kind Regards,
22	Vincent.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package?	Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>