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Am 22.08.2011 18:58, schrieb Hilco Wijbenga: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I just noticed that Portage wants me to upgrade to FF 6. I know, |
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> however, that (some of) my plugins don't run in FF6. Not a problem, |
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> I'll just mask FF6 ... oops ... there's no more FF5? |
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> Would it be possible to support FF5 a bit longer? The devs at FF may |
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> have gone a bit bananas but surely we don't have to follow suit? :-) |
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> Or is there a way to tell Portage to ignore upgrades but not downgrade FF? |
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> Cheers, |
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> Hilco |
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Well, in any case, FF5 should at least be masked since it does not |
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receive security fixes. |
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The cleanest way to preserve FF5 for you is to create an overlay |
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containing the latest version from Gentoo's CVS ([1 - 4]. |
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The easier way (as long as you don't have to re-emerge) is to add your |
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*current* version of FF to /etc/portage/package.provided. As `man |
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portage` states: |
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Portage will not attempt to update a package that is listed here |
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unless another package explicitly requires a version that is newer than |
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what has been listed. |
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Or just mask FF completely and ignore all warnings of emerge about it. |
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[1] http://anoncvs.gentoo.org/ |
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[2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cvs-tutorial.xml |
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[3] |
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/retrieving-deleted-files-from-cvs-464839/ |
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[4] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Overlay#Local_Overlays |
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Hope this helps, |
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Florian Philipp |