On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 17:20, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 02 February 2005 03:01 am, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I read about using package.mask and thus I placed > > > > >=www-proxy/squid-2.5.7-r2 > > > > Doing that and doing an emerge -uDpv world, I see that instead of > > wanting to upgrade, it now wants to downgrade it. > > > > How do I tell it that I don't want it upgraded at all?? > > (I assuming you have www-proxy-squid-2.5.7-r2 installed) > > package.mask lists the packages you don't want installed. > You've just told it you don't wnat any version greater than *or equal to* > 2.5.7-r2 or www-proxy/squid installed. Instead, you probably want to drop > your '=' from the line so that you drop the "or equal to" semantics.
Using -> www-proxy/squid-2.5.7-r2 --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.mask: www-proxy/squid-2.5.7-r2 These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] www-proxy/squid-2.5.7-r4 [2.5.7-r2 USING -> www-proxy/squid !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "squid" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - www-proxy/squid-2.5.5-r3 (masked by: package.mask) - www-proxy/squid-2.5.7-r4 (masked by: package.mask) - www-proxy/squid-2.4.7 (masked by: package.mask) - www-proxy/squid-2.5.6-r3 (masked by: package.mask) > On this note, can a dev tell me if the world file can contain full atoms > like www-proxy/squid-2.5.7-r2 (ala the system file(s)) or can it only be > cat-egory/package? Doesn't seem like it handles either :-) -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 18:29:13 up 9:12, 7 users, load average: 0.36, 0.37, 0.35 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
