Re: [gentoo-user] package version notification (~/+)?

[John J. Foster]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 08:07:24PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> No, but if you put a specific version in /etc/portage/package.keywords,
> only that version will be installed from testing. It will only be
> upgraded when a newer version goes stable.

Neil - I _think_ this is what I have not been able to understand for
over a year now. I run an almost entirely stable system, and want to
keep it that way. But occassionally there is something I want that is
currently ~x86, for instance amarok. So what you're saying is that if I

#echo =media-sound/amarok-1.4.0a-r1 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

I will not get the next testing version of amarok, but will get the next
stable? If this is true, it's only further proof of how dense I can be
at times.

Thanks,
festus
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