From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LjsZg-0005cq-K0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:00:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3FABE0781; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:00:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f163.google.com (mail-ew0-f163.google.com [209.85.219.163]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C0AEE0781 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:00:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so310667ewy.34 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:00:33 -0700 (PDT) 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:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=EQlBeY4/C8rSlewnE+kuBb8rj6M/LFgNv78RM3zUJz8=; b=wdd+r9a/+3HgXRAaHTmkfvj5vM6AuXTflruR/JHc8VQsBOlHyhiNhdgOEBzEWzZsbV 5AoEY2x2Q7WwV/7u1ZLkKlpQaoY9wQKNSCD31xI7Fo/eIbFeZut9yeMTzxt35yZJdygW dZUCRZvyv6MIg/VV/t9OkZCyxEG1RBbSNKk7g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=Rt7qCk0p/+DziSCmX8FOywE3oAEY8aKlYcA5iCrfwUA+eQ2ZXsXHieBfIIgJSji43C YxBjtHsyIMEDbk4h2QWwFPqrUkOUMFcf1o7a/mW0YUeP25GevEzziqQTzgUg0iXGXSmX AMxJDgfH5bgjBXJe+yy17C7g3J8O+LYJBtdeU= Received: by 10.216.7.84 with SMTP id 62mr59630weo.32.1237370433475; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from revolver ([151.81.24.147]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f3sm2810676nfh.45.2009.03.18.03.00.29 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:57:24 +0100 From: Momesso Andrea To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system Message-ID: <20090318105724.5db125a0@revolver> In-Reply-To: <20090311134054.4a4de361@lappy.evolone.org> References: <20090311134054.4a4de361@lappy.evolone.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/GQRGs2O6OdfsOM9JAuPEyPq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 8b077847-1eed-4c97-b7a5-3a501c730547 X-Archives-Hash: 8e5f5f4227b4985c1285fa882afc9426 --Sig_/GQRGs2O6OdfsOM9JAuPEyPq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:40:54 -0700 Michael Higgins wrote: > Don't know the proper term, but I want to stop version updates for a > while, yet allow package-rN updates... >=20 > I spent most of the last couple of days killing two bugs that were a > serious drag on my laptop, involving kacpid hogging the CPU on a > resume, or bay swap, and gnome panel freezing on > 7 open windows (a > real deal killer). I'd like to spend a few months just using it now > that it all works... >=20 > So with the latest kernel in the tree unmasked (kacpid bug fix) and a > couple of patches and ebuilds in my overlay for a pair of unmasked > x11 and gnome packages, what is the method to keep this 'world' in a > 'set' and 'forgotten' state? '-) >=20 > Cheers, >=20 I wouldn't use a script for managing something as delicate ad updates. Just have a look at your weekly "emerge --sync && emerge -uDNpv world" and manually mask whatever you don't feel to upgrade (put in package.mask the exact version so new upgrades/bugfixes will show up again in future syncs). My 2 cents. --- TopperH http://topperh.blogspot.com --Sig_/GQRGs2O6OdfsOM9JAuPEyPq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknAxYwACgkQTusdC+HYtiJCUgCdG2kOxs6QMOVQPOLtZJ4Tqagz zLEAoKws7IroLTQnGpxmrnUgmtN6aOlj =LU33 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/GQRGs2O6OdfsOM9JAuPEyPq--