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From: Man Shankar <man.ee.gen@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to hold a package at a specific version (so emerge -uD world doesn't change it)?
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:52:06 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090128212205.GA25206@gentoo.mychoice> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1270828803-1233175387-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-176663027-@bxe104.bisx.produk.on.blackberry>

On 20:41 Wed 28 Jan     , momesso.andrea@gmail.com wrote:
> Sorry for topposting (BlackBerry behavior).
> 
> I think that if emerge =x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1 fails, you should file a bug before masking it. 
> 
> ================
> Momesso Andrea
> ================
> 

+1

FWIW, have been using that version for about 10 days. Works great here.
What is the error you get?

> > > =x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 ~amd64
> > >
> > > in /etc/portage/package.keywords
> > >
> > > but 'emerge -uD world' still tries to build x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1
> > > which fails, so the whole process is stopped.  
 
Normally, that works unless the greater version is stable or you have
accepted keyword for the greater version in some other place.

-- 

Thanks & Regards,
Man Shankar <man.ee.gen(at)gmail.com>



  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-28 21:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-28 15:33 [gentoo-user] how to hold a package at a specific version (so emerge -uD world doesn't change it)? Miernik
2009-01-28 16:08 ` Stroller
2009-01-28 16:48 ` Joshua Murphy
2009-01-28 20:10   ` Neil Bothwick
2009-01-28 20:41     ` momesso.andrea
2009-01-28 21:22       ` Man Shankar [this message]
2009-01-29  9:13         ` [gentoo-user] " Miernik
2009-01-29 13:19           ` Sebastian Günther
2009-01-29 13:53             ` Neil Bothwick
2009-01-28 23:51     ` [gentoo-user] " Joshua Murphy

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