Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 3.5 without changing entire system to ~arch?

[Mike Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org>]

On 11/2/2009 12:16 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote:

> Could anyone tell me how to install firefox 3.5.x without changing the
> entire installation to ~arch? I have been looking around on the web for
> how to do this, but can't find anything that doesn't require being
> (afaict) very invasive to the rest of the system. Thanks!

For mozilla specifically, see below.

In general, you would create a file called /etc/portage/package.keywords 
(or as I prefer, a directory /etc/portage/package.keywords/ and then a 
file within that directory), and put the package name in it.

However, it's generally considered a bad idea to mix and match arch and 
~arch on a single system, since the dependencies cascade pretty quickly. 
  You'll eventually end up with the core packages on your system 
keyworded anyway, which defeats the whole point of running stable.

> P.S. Mozilla considers this version to be stable/mature and is pushing
> out it as the version most people should use. Why hasn't it been marked
> as stable in the portage tree yet?

It may just be an oversight; check bugs.gentoo.org to see if there's 
already a bug report asking it to be stabilized.  If there isn't already 
one, just file a new one.  (It may help to mention that it's stable on 
amd64 already.)

--Mike