From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4UiC-0000EK-Nc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:28:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7F2QVP0014551; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:26:31 GMT Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.47]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7F2K7Kq023551 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:20:08 GMT Received: from mac.com (smtpin02-en2 [10.13.10.147]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout09/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7F2KUaO003953 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.105] (cpe001217fa060b-cm0013718c1a36.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.24.10.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin02/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7F2KSKB023066 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:20:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? From: Paul Hoy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <42FFF469.7050900@gmail.com> References: <6C3F87F2-A3F1-47A5-A18E-A3632967B781@mac.com> <42FFA5AF.3070904@gmail.com> <20050815093712.EFBD.NICK@rout.co.nz> <20050814233533.2ca0c7b1@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <42FFF469.7050900@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:20:24 -0400 Message-Id: <1124072424.11441.1.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: cd4113be-4d45-4291-8c99-5a8327c0ca1d X-Archives-Hash: 363e9a4048cf941f01792c3d39cc9eab On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 18:48 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > Paul Hoy wrote: > > > > On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:38:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast through > >>> and through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it does > >>> not constitute a release of a recent version IMHO. > >>> > >> > >> They're not "unstable", they are "testing", and that only applies to the > >> ebuild itself, not the upstream package. If you want the latest versions, > >> you need to run ~arch. Any distro that puts brand new packages (with the > >> exception of security fixes) into its stable package tree has thrown all > >> concept of QA out of the window. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Neil Bothwick > >> > >> Top Oxymorons Number 30: Business ethics > >> > > > > Hi Neil, > > > > Is there a way to explicitly search for ~arch releases or do I have set > > the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable in make.conf and hope for the best during > > emerge? > > > > Paul > > > > > > *ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable* > > > > > > You can export variables in the shell (not generally recommended) or put them directly on the command line. > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -s foo > > It's best to use /etc/portage/package.keywords to keep your package specific keywords (documented in the "portage" manpage). > > Zac Zac, Beauty. Just tried it and found some gnome updates. Very much appreciated. Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list