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On Friday 23 June 2006 00:22, Benno Schulenberg wrote: |
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> Yes, it is a good idea. Sometimes I want to install a specific |
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> version, whether masked or not, and after that go back to tracking |
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> stable. Now I don't have to keep watching the package and remove |
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> it from package.keywords when it becomes stable. |
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If you specify something like this: |
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=x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0.2 |
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and version 1.0.2-r1 comes out with a bug fix or a security fix. Then you |
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won't get the fix. That can be solved with either one of the following: |
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=x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0* |
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=x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0.2* |
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~x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0.2 |
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The following won't work, however: |
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~x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0 |
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But then what happens when 1.0.3 or 1.1* comes out and fixes something |
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important? Some think of this as a big issue. There is disagreement about the |
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importance of this even among the Gentoo developers (big surprise... ;) ). |
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Not all security fixes become a glsa (Gentoo Linux Security Advice). |
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Bo Andresen |
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