Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency

[n952162 <n952162@web.de>]

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On 2020-06-07 23:37, Dale wrote:
> J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>
>> You need to add "-1" or "--oneshot".
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>> As this has been used, I would definitely expect the world-file to be full of this, causing issues with updates later.
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>> Also, by restricting to @system, any packages not in @system with a restriction on readline V8 will cause the mentioned problem.
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>> @system is, for me, a lasr resort, but I tend to move my world file away (rename) and put it back once @system is done and a depclean finished. This is usually only needed after not updating for a while and/or big changes in the tree.
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>> --
>> Joost
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>
> Would OP posting the world file help?  I'm sure some of us could
> recognize things that shouldn't be there and could help clean it up. 
> Things with a specific version should be given a hard look.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)


That would be a fantastic opportunity, but I'm not sure when tomorrow
the update will be done  ;-)



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