Hi, Thanks for your advice.
B.R. Stephen On Thursday 23 October 2003 12:00, brett holcomb wrote: > I do not run with ~arch simply because I want a stable > system by default. If I want something (like > Thunderbird) I will do the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge > blahblah. With ~arch you run the risk of unstable > packages being installed. > > Yes, you can add that to /etc/make.conf. It appears you > did not do an etc-update to make.conf - which is good > <G>. I'd suggest the next time etc-update wants to update > make.conf do it manually and add what you're missing. > > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:18:08 +0800 > > Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi Brett, Fabien and others, > > > >Thanks for your advice which works. I am now installing > >Mozilla_thunderbird, having no idea how long to take. > > Just leave the PC running. > > > >on /etc/make.conf > >under "Advanced Masking" I found a line > ># ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~arch" > > > >Whether to uncomment it will install all arch including > >those unstable/testing packages, such as ~ppc, etc. > > Would unstable/testing packages be available on Gentoo > >website? > > > >In previous thread "Re: [gentoo-user] > >(Successful)Installing KDE and Xfree problem" > >I mentioned that I could not find the line for > >"PORT_LOGDIR." only #PORTDIR="/usr/portage" > > > >Can I add following line to /etc/make.conf > > > >PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/portage" > >to save emerge log file to this directtory. I already > >have the directory /var/log/portage created > > > >Thanks > > > >B.R. > >Stephen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
