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

[Marcus Wanner <marcusw@cox.net>]

On 11/2/2009 1:40 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote:
> 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
Thank you, I added firefox and xulrunner to package.keywords and that 
did the trick.

Marcus