On 04/17/10 17:09, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2010-04-17 4:59 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> emerge system -gcc (where '-gcc' serves to tell portage to compile >> everything *but* gcc)? > > Of course I meant: > > emerge -e system -gcc
You could try temporarily masking it: #echo sys-devel/gcc >> /etc/portage/package.mask Then updating: #emerge -e system Then removing the mask: #sed -i '$d' /etc/portage/package.mask I don't know of any emerge flag that does this in one step. Kind Regards, Vincent.
