On 11/06/03  Anthony de Boer wrote:

> Terje Kvernes wrote:
> >   inject an ebuild with a version number high enough that you won't
> >   ever see it again.
> 
> For some reason emerge isn't fooling itself:
> 
> # emerge --inject sys-apps/slocate-999.9
> ...
> 
> # emerge -up --deep world
> ...
> [ebuild  N    ] sys-apps/slocate-2.7-r2
> ...

Yeah, "system" packages are hard to get rid off. Injecting 2.7-r99
should keep slocate from your system until there is a new version, the
real solution would be some kind of overlay or stacked profiles, however
that's not trivial and needs careful planning.

Marius

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