On 11/2/2009 12:16 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote:
Could anyone tell me how to install firefox 3.5.x without changing the
entire installation to ~arch? I have been looking around on the web for
how to do this, but can't find anything that doesn't require being
(afaict) very invasive to the rest of the system. Thanks!
For mozilla specifically, see below.
In general, you would create a file called /etc/portage/package.keywords
(or as I prefer, a directory /etc/portage/package.keywords/ and then a
file within that directory), and put the package name in it.
However, it's generally considered a bad idea to mix and match arch and
~arch on a single system, since the dependencies cascade pretty quickly.
You'll eventually end up with the core packages on your system
keyworded anyway, which defeats the whole point of running stable.
P.S. Mozilla considers this version to be stable/mature and is pushing
out it as the version most people should use. Why hasn't it been marked
as stable in the portage tree yet?
It may just be an oversight; check bugs.gentoo.org to see if there's
already a bug report asking it to be stabilized. If there isn't already
one, just file a new one. (It may help to mention that it's stable on
amd64 already.)
--Mike
