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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 03:52:55 +1300
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 07:54:59 -0500
John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:

> I am using ~amd64 and have done so for
> years, so I don't think I need to maks off anything.=20

Sorry, I may have gotten my wires crossed.

The impression I got was you were trying to stick with perl 5.24

The point is *if* you're sticking with perl 5.24 ( which is current
stable ) then by design, you need the set of virtuals that specify perl
5.24.

If you try to use "~amd64" virtuals with an "amd64" perl, portage will
try to install the newest versions of those virtuals, which in turn
force installing perl 5.26

Hence, you need to use a paired combination of dev-lang/perl and
virtuals.

Just the mechanism by which we make this pairing happens is via
stability levels.

Hence, if you wanted to use Perl 5.24, you would need to do more than
merely mask perl 5.26, you would need to mask the virtuals that tell
portage to install perl 5.26 as well.


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