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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:42 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> I absolutely HATE this about portage. Update your machine just |
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> thinking about trying a new piece of software and then find you cannot |
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> immediately go back. Gentoo was supposed to be about choice. Seems |
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> it's not about my choice anymore. Bummer. |
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You can tell before you perform the update that the old version is no |
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longer in portage, then you can copy the ebuild from /var/db/pkg to your |
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overlay (and run quickpkg for speed) before updating. Remember that |
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nothing is ever truly removed from portage, it is still in the CVS attic, |
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What would be handy would be a script that you run after you sync. If a |
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package you have installed is no longer in the tree, it copies the ebuild |
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to an overlay. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach. Those who cannot teach, HACK! |
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