On 4/18/10, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: >>> 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. >> >> Hmmm, good idea, thanks Vincent... > > Crap, doesn't look like this will work... <snip/> > > Any other ideas?
A guess: try it with package.provided instead of package.mask. See the section on portage man page. The syntax for package.provided requires a full version atom (e.g., sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-r1), but this approach might not interfere with dep tree calculations like masking does. -- Arttu V.
