> What do you guys do when you want to try the masked version of a
> package to fix a problem you're having with the stable version, but
> you don't want to follow the ~x86 version indefinitely? I've just
> been adding the package to package.keywords, but that obviously
> follows the masked version until you remember to remove the entry. Is
> there a better solution?
Let assume the package is gnumeric version 1.6.3
Then put the following line into /etc/portage/package.keywords
~app-office/gnumeric-1.6.3
This way you will get -1.6.3 and, if there is a GENTOO version bump,
to ~app-office/gnumeric-1.6.3-r1, you will get that as well even if it
is keyword masked (i.e. is ~x86). But you will *not* get -1.6.4 if it
is ~x86 so you will in good time return to a stable version.
allan gottlieb
That's perfect, thanks Allan.
- Grant
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