On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 21:06:31 -0700 Robert Persson wrote: > It is my understanding - and please tell me if I'm wrong - that the "r" > suffixes on the ends of ebuild versions represent fixes to the ebuild, rather > than to the package itself. If that is so, would that mean that > category/thing-x.y.z-r2 won't contain anything important (such as security > fixes) that isn't already in version x.y.z-r1? > > In that case, is there a way to avoid these petty upgrades when I "emerge -u > world"?
you might want to try pye (pick your ebuild) gives you a list of what world will do and allows you to choose which ones you want. someone else will need to point out where to find it sorry as i cannot find the link. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
