Re: [gentoo-user] Exluding some apps from emerge --update world

[Tim Igoe <tim@igoe.me.uk>]

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Alex Fortwinder wrote:
> Hi again. I did everything you've suggested and put those in /etc/portage/mask, however I got this:
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> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: mail-client/sylpheed-2.2.5
> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4
> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: xorg-x11-7.0-r1
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> What's atom it's talking about? Thanks again
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The 'atom' being each line.

Because you have specified a version number, you will need to tell it if
you mean just that version (=) or anything newer than that version (>=)

thus

www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4

would become

>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4


Tim

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> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:24:07 -0500
> Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com> wrote:
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>> Alex Fortwinder wrote:
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>>> I's like to update my system, however, I'd like to keep some of the packages as they are (X, firefox, kernel, etc)
>>> How do I go about it before i run emerge --update --deep --newuse world?
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>> Add entries to /etc/portage/package.mask.  Something like:
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>>> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1
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>> would tell portage not to merge anything "greater than" X version
>> 7.0-r1.  You could also just put 7.0 and it would at least get you the
>> bug fixes (r2, r3, etc. when they come along).  Enjoy!
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>> R
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