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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MASKED Tilde with no `arch' what does it mean
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:11:43
Message-Id: 20100315001032.56198a24@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] MASKED Tilde with no `arch' what does it mean by Harry Putnam
1 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:19:03 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
2
3 > Ok, fine but first I want to find out what the unexplained tilde
4 > means. There are only a handfull of packagew with that notation in the
5 > masked file... where do look to find out its meaning?
6
7 Try man 5 ebuild.
8
9 "~ means match any revision of the base version specified."
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12 --
13 Neil Bothwick
14
15 It's the year 2000. Where are all the flying cars? I was promised flying
16 cars!

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