From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDA471396D0 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:42:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5613F2BC00F; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:42:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB8E0E0844 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:42:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [81.108.251.46] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1dx7vB-0003En-4I for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:42:21 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4AAB7AA8415 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:42:20 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:42:15 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Changing dependencies without upping version ?? Message-ID: <20170927094215.1cde5dbd@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20170927013033.swgykevoswge5oer@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> References: <20170924173753.bxpluo4s6f42uojo@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20170925170341.74api4s3evxsbly4@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <0fbc546c-bd8f-a6d9-b3dc-1cdd50fcf336@gentoo.org> <20170926184544.ng6dzg4njfye4v3u@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20170927023835.5044b622@jupiter.sol.kaishome.de> <20170927013033.swgykevoswge5oer@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.1-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/ZJ1wbRq/hVnmnJxEs/1bFKv"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03a-IP: [81.108.251.46] Feedback-ID: 81.108.251.46 X-Archives-Salt: 8ac935f6-75c4-4852-bd3a-9f715a1a3e18 X-Archives-Hash: 9fb6e208255e3031b8fa2ed6fd5974e8 --Sig_/ZJ1wbRq/hVnmnJxEs/1bFKv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:30:33 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > I do so already, and in fact my initial workaround was to fork the > ebuild in my repo, pretty much like you recommend. >=20 > But I didn't know that this was the official way of stopping upgrades. > I thought package.mask was that, and I think that's what the Handbook > (or maybe some other part of the wiki) recommends. This is Gentoo, "official" is a moving target. package.mask is good for preventing upgrade to a specific version, but it can't be used to block all updates on its own because eventually the older versions will be treecleaned. That's why you need to keep them n a local overlay, and be prepared to deal with any breakage they may introduce. --=20 Neil Bothwick This tagline is baroque; please call Bach. --Sig_/ZJ1wbRq/hVnmnJxEs/1bFKv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAlnLZGcACgkQ92eFu0QS MJhi8hAAsHLblTquA8cGJBgoy0Br9QHjW3gY+izhnCljQi/tuUKcRx6MhNvI/D38 ueBmTRiG5KVBDCToAXdjjvYy1SdRsyxIgPxd+8As3yVHb5cWce5YgZJG870qxEMX 2f+E3Tl+a3JVxX1X29xHHzXJKR4bpeX0dOlOjzDNGaOuSP9bqgkMWf8/7bTveNXf jNaYz2t6MJlZmLwZfyrvuRvdH48eywGfP87oO/cWgmYpGPBy+/3xmJXxsHXp4OTg L8bZUDSjlNq/7m+8BPTbiI+iGZdXKATerlGc+Z3iWNfwbuZvYsot8snoCoTkfzmH LllfkoOmHHGZD7jQpjnCyLFCYT9WGO4KYoO+Edv+VHDA5Nov+HatysC9nj+Kcp80 nYXFMBIoFht59L7SPFG/CfGF9DAx/gOwMDquzme+RcsNATsFMoOy9UzRgudXhUwT qiXDFZKAMVmx6E/QQQXxrvIcJCljqKdvNW/T9rx/mgU4w8VQlQ8s0KgmBHPBog1f etrepz82+NAZAHIuTimvBQu/LX+wPPbBfT19a285TV4nODMGEd6Hi/0FsOWarbeV 9g3oN5U39/RK7M0FrMoAOfXb4059MNKSruXU2I3F2DpAffM1m8exzJHdcS8aORkJ nT/KiX4GSWno9qQpFqQVGm1kGtt0HlKSM/OS79cu0D07sGxrvEM= =Le0f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ZJ1wbRq/hVnmnJxEs/1bFKv--