On 23/08/2014 14:42, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 8/23/2014 8:16 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 23/08/2014 12:34, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Is it possible to do this? > >> Not directly. I'm assuming you mean packages you built yourself and >> quick-pkg'ed them, not something available as a -bin > > Correct... I have buildpkg feature enabled in make.conf, so everything > gets quickpkg'd... > >> You can use emerge -K, so emerge will fail if there's no binpkg >> available. This will do what you want as long as you >> >> a) always use the -K option >> b) don't try emerge something else as well >> >> Portage is designed to build your packages from source; binpkgs are very >> much a third class citizen with only very primitive levels of support. > > Bummer... > > What I want is to be able to pin a specific package to the quickpkg'd > version, so it doesn't get updated during an emerge world...
Short version: You can't Longer version: You can if you package mask every version of everything greater than what you quickpkg'ed. This is tedious beyond belief Alan's crafty hack version: If you can guarantee that every package to be installed has a suitable (and correct wrt USE) quickpkg, then use emerge -K always on the machines to install the quickpkg -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
