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 1MPhN0-0000vM-9V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:32:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 976B7E02F0; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.123]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E96BE02F0 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from linux1.localdomain ([66.25.35.110]) by cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090711183220105.KGZH2041@cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com> for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:32:20 +0000 Received: by linux1.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8E94D464FE; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:32:19 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:32:19 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package Message-ID: <20090711183219.GA20745@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <200907111957.32703.a@gaydenko.com> <200907111906.40710.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <200907112124.35390.a@gaydenko.com> <200907111928.24255.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> 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; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200907111928.24255.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 222812f4-2c73-47d4-ae63-79e3238e26a7 X-Archives-Hash: e8d3c5d81af3d383a5a48fdffdc75f73 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Alan, On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 07:28:24PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 11 July 2009 19:24:35 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > > Find the ebuild in /var/db/pkg/category/package > > > > Thanks, it works - just created Manifest also. > > It's pity that portage doesn't support the .deb concept of pinning. I know you > can always achieve the same effect with masks, but it would be nice to be able > to say "hold package XYZ at current version" and be done with it. It happens > often enough to be useful. You might want to take a look at man 5 portage, in particular, the section on /etc/portage/profile/package.provided. If you list a full package atom with a version in there, portage will not bother you about upgrading that package, and you do not have to keep the ebuild around in a local overlay. Does this do what you are trying to do? - -- William Hubbs gentoo accessibility team lead williamh@gentoo.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpY2rMACgkQblQW9DDEZTg7wACfbWK3T/Y22DHJEkNVVNFJogJ9 WmoAn0hrTfbF1JaKiRuAVYrw8OyE4Eic =dzI6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----