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On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:50:15 +0100, Raffaele Belardi wrote: |
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> I'd like to try and update a package I masked long time ago due to |
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> performance problems. Upstream the problem does not seem completely |
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> addressed and solved so I'd like to be able to go back to the old |
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> version just in case. But the old version is no longer in the tree. If |
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> I quickpkg it will I be able to reinstall it anyway? |
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Yes, by passing the path to the package to emerge. But this is considered |
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experimental, a safer solution is to copy the ebuild to a local overlay. |
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The ebuilds for all installed packages are in /var/db/pkg. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full |
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house and four people died. |
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