Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gmail.com>]

Paul Hoy wrote:
> 
> On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:38:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast through
>>> and through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it does
>>> not constitute a release of a recent version IMHO.
>>>
>>
>> They're not "unstable", they are "testing", and that only applies to the
>> ebuild itself, not the upstream package. If you want the latest versions,
>> you need to run ~arch. Any distro that puts brand new packages (with the
>> exception of security fixes) into its stable package tree has thrown all
>> concept of QA out of the window.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Neil Bothwick
>>
>> Top Oxymorons Number 30: Business ethics
>>
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
> Is there a way to explicitly search for ~arch releases or do I have set 
> the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable in make.conf and hope for the best during 
> emerge?
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> *ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable*
> 
> 

You can export variables in the shell (not generally recommended) or put them directly on the command line.

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -s foo

It's best to use /etc/portage/package.keywords to keep your package specific keywords (documented in the "portage" manpage).

Zac
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