Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You can, by adding ">cate-gory/package-version" to > /etc/portage/package.mask. As long as the package is installed, a copy > of the ebuild will stay in /var/db/pkg. Portage never forces you to > upgrade anything.
OK: thanks I did not know this. (I have never tried anything like emerge world yet, I just update the packages as I need (either bug fixing or for new functionality): I just noticed the older ebuilds go missing from /usr/portage). -- Simon Kellett, | Gentoo Linux, Fvwm, Firefox Darmstadt, Germany | Xemacs, Vm, Gnus -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
