Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sat, 07/11, Alex Schuster wrote: === > That's what Andrew already did. But now the specific version he needs > is no longer in portage, so portage wants to downgrade. Maybe masking > lower versions also would do the trick? > But putting the ebuild into the overlay is the cleanest solution.

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Keith Dart writes: > === On Sat, 07/11, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === > > > How to say portage to "keep this as is"? > I always just use /etc/portage/package.mask > > e.g.: > >media-libs/mesa-7.3-r1 > > masks anything greater than that version. That's what Andrew already did. But now the specific v

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sat, 07/11, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === > How to say portage to "keep this as is"? === I always just use /etc/portage/package.mask e.g.: >media-libs/mesa-7.3-r1 masks anything greater than that version. (for me, 3D/dri does not work with my Intel chipset (G35) for mesa greater than tha

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 July 2009 20:32:19 William Hubbs wrote: > Hi Alan, > > On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 07:28:24PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Saturday 11 July 2009 19:24:35 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > > > Find the ebuild in /var/db/pkg/category/package > > > > > > Thanks, it works - just created Manif

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread William Hubbs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Alan, On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 07:28:24PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 11 July 2009 19:24:35 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > > Find the ebuild in /var/db/pkg/category/package > > > > Thanks, it works - just created Manifest also. > > It's p

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 July 2009 19:24:35 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > Find the ebuild in /var/db/pkg/category/package > > Thanks, it works - just created Manifest also. It's pity that portage doesn't support the .deb concept of pinning. I know you can always achieve the same effect with masks, but it woul

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
> Find the ebuild in /var/db/pkg/category/package Thanks, it works - just created Manifest also.

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 July 2009 17:57:32 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > Hi! > > Currently I have xorg-server-1.6.1.901-r4 - as far as all newer ones don't > work for me (I mean GL-related things with my intel graphics), while first > one makes my son happy with few GL games. So I have masked all xorg-server > v

[gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package

2009-07-11 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
Hi! Currently I have xorg-server-1.6.1.901-r4 - as far as all newer ones don't work for me (I mean GL-related things with my intel graphics), while first one makes my son happy with few GL games. So I have masked all xorg-server versions which are later rather one currently installed. Today af