Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: > Ok. The package in question is mysql. I what to install version 3, but > I masked the oldest 4.0 and emerge search returns mysql version 5. How > can I install version 3? > > Thanks, > > Leandro > > 2006/5/22, Gian Domeni Calgeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Am Montag 22 Mai 2006 20.53 schrieb Leandro Melo de Sales: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I want to install an previous version of a package. I need to mask >> > it at /etc/portage/package.mask, but how can I know the available >> > gentoo packages in order to mask the right one? >> > >> > Thanks >> > Leandro >> >> The simplest method is to have a look at http://packages.gentoo.org/ . >> >> Gian >> -- >> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> > This may help:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # etcat -v mysql > [ Results for search key : mysql ] > [ Candidate applications found : 10 ] > > Only printing found installed programs. > > * dev-db/mysql : > [ ] 3.23.58-r1 (0) > [ ] 4.0.25-r2 (0) > [M~ ] 4.0.26-r1 (0) > [ ] 4.0.27 (0) > [ ] 4.1.14-r1 (0) > [M~ ] 4.1.18-r61 (0) > [ ] 4.1.19 (0) > [M~ ] 5.0.19-r1 (0) > [M~ ] 5.0.21 (0) > [M ] 5.1.7_beta (0) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # That command is obsolete. Man equery for the replacement, the one I can't figure out how to use. o_O It still works for me though. Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list