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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G6XQo-0005ac-9x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:51:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6SImpcr019034; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:48:51 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6SIkqGZ008704 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:46:53 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1A6464FD0 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30804-13-2 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3821A64FD5 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:46:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G6XMC-0003eH-Ux for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:46:44 +0200 Received: from sed-192.sedsystems.ca ([192.107.131.192]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:46:44 +0200 Received: from i.am by sed-192.sedsystems.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:46:44 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Jim Ramsay Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:46:42 -0600 Message-ID: <20060728124642.3b9c387c@sed-192.sedsystems.ca> References: <44AB8AEF.70104@ilievnet.com> <44AB91EC.9070701@mid.message-center.info> <20060705115509.2905ae6d@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <44AB9E70.6010205@ilievnet.com> <20060705131400.3ae53735@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <44ABB409.4080003@ilievnet.com> <342e1090607050954w3f3c12a3o47a26bab72802338@mail.gmail.com> <44AC0551.8010006@ilievnet.com> <342e1090607051217w6fabbefegb8883650b5166e38@mail.gmail.com> <20060728183015.GC6203@nibiru.local> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sed-192.sedsystems.ca X-Newsreader: Sylpheed-Claws 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.18; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: 57509a94-6f1d-4eee-b460-1054e421e5e3 X-Archives-Hash: 427efdfc0a7ef10f09c4ed3299518f71 Enrico Weigelt wrote: > * Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > Also, the world file is a simple way to keep a package version (by > > removing it from world), for instance, I don't wanna upgrade mysql > > with my nightly "emerge -uDN world", so, its not in my world file. > > Isn't there any way for nailing it down to some specific version ? Sure, mask anything higher than the version you want in your /etc/portage/package.mask file: >dev-db/mysql-4.1.20 -- Jim Ramsay "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list