neysx 05/04/25 12:31:36
Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook hb-portage-branches.xml
Log:
#90037, make ~arch and p.{,un}mask clearer
Revision Changes Path
1.10 +21 -5 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml
file :
http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?rev=1.10&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
plain:
http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml?rev=1.10&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
diff :
http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml.diff?r1=1.9&r2=1.10&cvsroot=gentoo
Index: hb-portage-branches.xml
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RCS file:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- hb-portage-branches.xml 12 Apr 2005 19:36:04 -0000 1.9
+++ hb-portage-branches.xml 25 Apr 2005 12:31:36 -0000 1.10
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 -->
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v 1.9
2005/04/12 19:36:04 dertobi123 Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-branches.xml,v 1.10
2005/04/25 12:31:36 neysx Exp $ -->
<sections>
-<version>1.4</version>
-<date>2005-04-12</date>
+<version>1.5</version>
+<date>2005-04-25</date>
<section>
<title>Using One Branch</title>
@@ -36,13 +36,22 @@
<body>
<p>
-If you want to use more recent software you can consider using the testing
+If you want to use more recent software, you can consider using the testing
branch instead. To have Portage use the testing branch, add a ~ in front of
your
architecture.
</p>
<p>
-For instance, to select the testing branch for the x86 architecture, edit
+The testing branch is exactly what it says - <e>Testing</e>. If a package is in
+testing, it means that the developers feel that it is functional but has not
+been thoroughly tested. You could very well be the first to discover a bug in
+the package in which case you could file a <uri
+link="http://bugs.gentoo.org";>bugreport</uri> to let the developers know about
+it.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+For example, to select the testing branch for the x86 architecture, edit
<path>/etc/make.conf</path> and set:
</p>
@@ -115,6 +124,13 @@
<body>
<p>
+The Gentoo developers do <b>not</b> support the use of these files. Please
+exercise due caution while doing so. Support requests related to
+<c>package.unmask</c> and/or <c>package.mask</c> will not be answered. You have
+been warned.
+</p>
+
+<p>
When a package has been masked by the Gentoo developers and you still want to
use it despite the reason mentioned in the <path>package.mask</path> file
(situated in <path>/usr/portage/profiles</path> by default), add the
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