Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update problems
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 20:59:26
Message-Id: 20150926215852.43eb2247@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] update problems by Alan McKinnon
1 On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 20:16:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
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3 > Portage can't unwind the most recent merges so you have to rely on a
4 > side-effect - hoping that portage will notice your package of X isn't in
5 > the current tree then will downgrade it to one that is.
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7 You can use app-portage/demerge for this. It's main limitation is that it
8 can try to emerge packages no longer in the tree, but if you rewind the
9 tree to a similar date that should go away.
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13 Neil Bothwick
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15 Hell: Filling out the paperwork to get into Heaven.