Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:24:03
Message-Id: 193733919824409@lycos-europe.com
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5 > From:: Matthew Cline <matthew.cline@×××××.com>
6 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
7 > Subject: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation
8 > Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:20:01 -0400
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10 > I've been having serious problems with newer versions of
11 > gentoo-sources (basically 2.6.12-r9 and 2.6.12-r10), so I have
12 > downgraded to 2.6.12-r4, which is rock solid for me. So, I thought to
13 > add something like this atom to /etc/portage/package.mask:
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15 > >sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4
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17 > However, what I really want to to is mask all versions of
18 > gentoo-sources greater than 2.6.12-r4 and less than or equal to
19 > 2.6.12-r10, so that I can test newer versions of gentoo-sources beyond
20 > 2.6.12-r10 when they become available. So, what I really want is
21 > something like this:
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23 > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4< >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10
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25 > Of course, this syntax doesn't work and spits out an "Invalid atom"
26 > error when I run emerge. Does anyone know the proper syntax for what I
27 > want to achieve? Is it even possible to acheive this?
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29 Couldn't you just name the specific packages you would like masked?
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32 =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r9
33 =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10
34 ==================================
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37 Regards,
38 Mick
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