From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJ8ZT-0001pl-LO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B8D8E067D; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48184E067D for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DED2165E44 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.965 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.965 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.634, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id V0I7PWaQN5AU for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C1C641DF for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MJ8ZE-0001Xr-VJ for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:53 +0000 Received: from buffer.net ([24.73.161.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:52 +0000 Received: from wireless by buffer.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:52 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] ReSOLVED: package.keywords Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200906222228.37453.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090505 SeaMonkey/1.1.16) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 043abc52-25e7-4edf-8006-26c18af0c385 X-Archives-Hash: d8f66bb279535401276f849b6d427da0 Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > app-arch/xz-utils ** > in package.keywords. I used that because 9999 is the only version > available. If you wish narrow it down nonetheless, use: > ~app-arch/xz-utils-9999 ** Both work! got it now. Sorry but reading the man pages on portage and ebuild did not clear this up, nor show a clear, precise example as you have provided. Should I file a bug under documentation? Or is this just my weakness in comprehension? It's also nice to have clarity on the boolean operations, with details and examples provided. thx, James