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Alex Fortwinder wrote: |
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> I's like to update my system, however, I'd like to keep some of the packages as they are (X, firefox, kernel, etc) |
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> How do I go about it before i run emerge --update --deep --newuse world? |
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Add entries to /etc/portage/package.mask. Something like: |
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>x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1 |
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would tell portage not to merge anything "greater than" X version |
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7.0-r1. You could also just put 7.0 and it would at least get you the |
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bug fixes (r2, r3, etc. when they come along). Enjoy! |
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R |
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