From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSHls-0008TI-P5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:16:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 991F7E051C; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:16:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66484E051C for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:16:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 29so8203156wff.10 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:16:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=upyzxdAu49vidvRegu7i27c9kvB//WHZDpjNisHwLEo=; b=be17gymxZS/L1PtEUNvY/jr4/Ur5xM7YtQpcmQeNfr1FmmChBhe80YdeIPUSLmL4pl ROmeVU5kKJAShMw6AXz1ExWvZicDleINYQF/12/IYXNjOjyZ4hmqLo18oADov94n8b2e F/bkopGwFQmy1usmnIORBBT440kV/egkU16VM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; b=Z2fxw3kJCCwQF9nlsefJw2UOK9rbKXAPShr6xPw33EvTCxTDnlbel/yAq3wqA62WIY r5fUekGsA14JMiG4KW7yswc2aET1N+0U/tgwF/4RoRAB/UO1ouWSLyJTFfP6bxHyWAU8 i2RogLttvorc9DeDHdV1K+1tSBb0vMyS/Paro= Received: by 10.142.217.17 with SMTP id p17mr155402wfg.316.1233177385817; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:16:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([59.93.193.25]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 27sm29384616wfa.29.2009.01.28.13.16.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:16:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:52:06 +0530 From: Man Shankar 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)? Message-ID: <20090128212205.GA25206@gentoo.mychoice> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20090128201006.40b039f3@krikkit> <1270828803-1233175387-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-176663027-@bxe104.bisx.produk.on.blackberry> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1270828803-1233175387-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-176663027-@bxe104.bisx.produk.on.blackberry> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 5674bf63-8962-4eda-bf34-c5d20c1cddfc X-Archives-Hash: 229317fa25f4e53a221e922d9c577fd3 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