On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:26:36 -0500, Ed Jabbour wrote: > cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf xorg.conf.orig <---- just in case etc-update > whacks it
etc-update won't whack it. You may when running etc-update but the program itself never does harm. > emerge -vp =x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r3 <--- always pretend 1st! Use -a instead of -p. It saves running the command twice. -a is --ask, like -p but you then press y or n to emerge or not. > Then, the real emerge will merge -r3 and unmerge -r4. Lastly, you may > wish to mask -r4 or your next "emerge world" will bring it back. But, > then, that's why I never give that command indiscriminately. Of > course, if you do mask it, I don't know if you'll ever learn there's a > new one!! You will if you only mask the specific version echo "=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4" >>/etc/portage/package.mask -- Neil Bothwick TEXAS VIRUS: Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file.
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