[gentoo-user] package.mask

[gentoo-user] package.mask

[Norberto Bensa]

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Hello list,

what does "~" mean here:
(example from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask)

~net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3

?


Many thanks in advance,
Norberto

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Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask

[sean]

Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> what does "~" mean here:
> (example from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask)
> 
> ~net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3
> 
> ?

I think it means that the package is still in testing.
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Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask

[Boris Fersing]

2007/1/19, sean <tech.junk@verizon.net>:
> Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > what does "~" mean here:
> > (example from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask)
> >
> > ~net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3
> >
> > ?
>
> I think it means that the package is still in testing.

No, the ~ before the package name stands for "any revision of the base
version specified". (read 'man 5 ebuild')

Here, all the revisions of net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3 (-r1 , -r2, ...)
are masked !

regards,

Boris.
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Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask

[Norberto Bensa]

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Boris Fersing wrote:
> > Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > > what does "~" mean here:
> > > (example from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask)
> > >
> > > ~net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3
> > >

> Here, all the revisions of net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3 (-r1 , -r2, ...)
> are masked !

Nice. Thanks Boris!


Best regards,
Norberto


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[gentoo-user] package.mask

[John covici]

on Friday 01/19/2007 Norberto Bensa(nbensa@gmx.net) wrote
 > Hello list,
 > 
 > what does "~" mean here:
 > (example from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask)
 > 
 > ~net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.3

Excerpt from man 5 ebuild

       Now to get even fancier, we provide the ability to define
       blocking packages and version range matching.   Also  note
                            that  these  extended  prefixes/postfixes
       may be combined in any way with the atom classes defined
       above.  Here are
                            some common examples you may find in the
       portage tree:

                            !app-text/dos2unix
                            =dev-libs/glib-2*
                            !=net-fs/samba-2*
                            ~net-libs/libnet-1.0.2a

                            ! means block packages from being
                              installed at the same time.
                            * means match any version of the package
                              so long as the specified base is
                              matched.  So with a version  of  '2*',
                              we
                            can match '2.1', '2.2', '2.2.1',
                              etc... and not match version '1.0',
                              '3.0', '4.1', etc...
                            ~  means  match  any  revision  of  the
                              base  version  specified.  So in the
                              above example, we would match versions
                            '1.0.2a', '1.0.2a-r1', '1.0.2a-r2', etc...


Hope this helps.

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[gentoo-user] package.mask

[Niki Balov]

Hi there,
i want to ask how to mask versions of glibc above 2.4? I compile my
entire system with gcc3.4.5 and glibc 2.4 and i don't want to upgrade
them. I added the following lines in package.mask
>sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5
>sys-libs/glibc-2.4
but there is glibc-2.4-r1 and the system wants to upgrade. I don't! I
tried to mask "=sys-libs/glibc-2.4-r1" but then the system wants to
downgrade. The question! How can I mask glibc-2.4 so the system don't
downgrade or upgrade and just use glibc-2.4?

10x in advance :)
Regards,
Niki

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Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask

[Nagatoro]

Niki Balov wrote:
> Hi there,
> i want to ask how to mask versions of glibc above 2.4? I compile my
> entire system with gcc3.4.5 and glibc 2.4 and i don't want to upgrade
> them. I added the following lines in package.mask
>> sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5
>> sys-libs/glibc-2.4

 >sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5
 >sys-libs/glibc-2.4

Should do it.
Look in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask too see how the devs do it.

> but there is glibc-2.4-r1 and the system wants to upgrade. I don't! I
> tried to mask "=sys-libs/glibc-2.4-r1" but then the system wants to
> downgrade. The question! How can I mask glibc-2.4 so the system don't
> downgrade or upgrade and just use glibc-2.4?
> 
> 10x in advance :)
> Regards,
> Niki
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:55:16 +0300, Niki Balov wrote:

> i want to ask how to mask versions of glibc above 2.4? I compile my
> entire system with gcc3.4.5 and glibc 2.4 and i don't want to upgrade
> them. I added the following lines in package.mask
> >sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5
> >sys-libs/glibc-2.4
> but there is glibc-2.4-r1 and the system wants to upgrade. I don't! I
> tried to mask "=sys-libs/glibc-2.4-r1" but then the system wants to
> downgrade. 

2.4 is no longer in portage, which means there must be something wrong
with it. It wouldn't have been removed otherwise. The Changelog will
probably tell you more. In this case, upgrading to 2.4-r1 is almost
certainly the best option, and change package.mask accordingly.


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