On Friday 23 June 2006 00:22, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Yes, it is a good idea. Sometimes I want to install a specific > version, whether masked or not, and after that go back to tracking > stable. Now I don't have to keep watching the package and remove > it from package.keywords when it becomes stable.
If you specify something like this: =x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0.2 and version 1.0.2-r1 comes out with a bug fix or a security fix. Then you won't get the fix. That can be solved with either one of the following: =x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0* =x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0.2* ~x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0.2 The following won't work, however: ~x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.0 But then what happens when 1.0.3 or 1.1* comes out and fixes something important? Some think of this as a big issue. There is disagreement about the importance of this even among the Gentoo developers (big surprise... ;) ). Not all security fixes become a glsa (Gentoo Linux Security Advice). -- Bo Andresen
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