From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4Txt-00074h-Pn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:40:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7F1caZI006393; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:38:36 GMT Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.89]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7F1WuDq018858 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:32:57 GMT Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout02/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7F1XKx7020017 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.106] (cpe001217fa060b-cm0013718c1a36.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.24.10.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7F1XIu9020227 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) In-Reply-To: <42FFE94F.1060009@gmail.com> References: <1123371608.32004.3.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> <6C3F87F2-A3F1-47A5-A18E-A3632967B781@mac.com> <20050814222422.0e900f29@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <42FFE94F.1060009@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <91B599CB-90E9-4580-BADB-926E87018720@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Paul Hoy Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:33:17 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-Archives-Salt: a5d52d66-0ffb-4f7a-841a-663cb721537d X-Archives-Hash: d26ac254233a7e3e23b92a72592b9cce On Aug 14, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > Paul Hoy wrote: > >> On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:42:19 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty >>>> good job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other >>>> releases, such as Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates, >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Gentoo has rolling updates, so it is always up to date. If you >>> want to >>> run the latest of everything you will need to run a ~arch system. >>> There >>> are no releases for Gentoo beyond the installation live CDs. Once >>> installed, provided you keep up to date, there is no difference >>> between a >>> system installed three years ago and one installed yesterday. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Neil Bothwick >>> >>> Windows Error #09: Game Over. Exiting Windows. >>> >>> >> Hi Neil, >> ~arch is a little scary for me, since it's not in the stable branch. >> > > We, you do know that you can pick which ~arch packages you want, > right? In most cases it's pretty safe to use a "keyword masked" > package, especially if the masked package is not depended on by > your core gentoo system. > > Zac > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > Hi Zac, Yes, I know how to unmask. But, when you say "pick which ~arch packages...," does this mean I can search for ~arch packages too or do I have to set the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable? Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list