On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:40:54 -0700 Michael Higgins <li...@evolone.org> wrote:
> Don't know the proper term, but I want to stop version updates for a > while, yet allow package-rN updates... > > I spent most of the last couple of days killing two bugs that were a > serious drag on my laptop, involving kacpid hogging the CPU on a > resume, or bay swap, and gnome panel freezing on > 7 open windows (a > real deal killer). I'd like to spend a few months just using it now > that it all works... > > So with the latest kernel in the tree unmasked (kacpid bug fix) and a > couple of patches and ebuilds in my overlay for a pair of unmasked > x11 and gnome packages, what is the method to keep this 'world' in a > 'set' and 'forgotten' state? '-) > > Cheers, > I wouldn't use a script for managing something as delicate ad updates. Just have a look at your weekly "emerge --sync && emerge -uDNpv world" and manually mask whatever you don't feel to upgrade (put in package.mask the exact version so new upgrades/bugfixes will show up again in future syncs). My 2 cents. --- TopperH http://topperh.blogspot.com
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