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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Howto mask release candidates?
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:54:31
Message-Id: 1210890741.5241.1.camel@morpheus.pcorp.com.au
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Howto mask release candidates? by "Marko Kocić"
1 On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 11:34 +0200, Marko Kocić wrote:
2 > Is it possible in packages.mask to mask only release
3 > candidates/alpha/beta versions, while leaving final releases unmasked?
4
5 what is the aim of this? To have a stable system? In that case you
6 should make sure ACCEPT_KEYWORDS in make.conf does NOT have a ~
7
8 Then you may get release candidates and betas but only when they're
9 proven to work, or work better.
10
11 hth,
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13 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
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15 "Success covers a multitude of blunders."
16 -- George Bernard Shaw
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Re: [gentoo-user] Howto mask release candidates? "Marko Kocić" <marko.kocic@×××××.com>