Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation
From:: Matthew Cline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:20:01 -0400 I've been having serious problems with newer versions of gentoo-sources (basically 2.6.12-r9 and 2.6.12-r10), so I have downgraded to 2.6.12-r4, which is rock solid for me. So, I thought to add something like this atom to /etc/portage/package.mask: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 However, what I really want to to is mask all versions of gentoo-sources greater than 2.6.12-r4 and less than or equal to 2.6.12-r10, so that I can test newer versions of gentoo-sources beyond 2.6.12-r10 when they become available. So, what I really want is something like this: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 Of course, this syntax doesn't work and spits out an Invalid atom error when I run emerge. Does anyone know the proper syntax for what I want to achieve? Is it even possible to acheive this? Couldn't you just name the specific packages you would like masked? == =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r9 =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 == -- Regards, Mick Lycos email has now 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at mail.lycos.co.uk
Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation
My partner's computer is running the 1.0.7174 drivers, the latest that work with the TNT2 card, on gentoo-sources-2.6.13-r1 with no stability problems. It also worked fine on later the 2.6.12 revisions. That may indicate that the fault is elsewhere in your setup, or it may mean that the combination is only flakey on certain hardware, but I thought I'd let you know. Thanks for the info, that is good to know. I wouldn't be suprised if there were some other hardware issues also involved. I may try out the 2.6.13 series, though, to see if the problem persists. Matt -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation
On 9/14/05, Paul Varner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In /etc/portage/package.mask: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 In /etc/portage/package.unmask =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 Thanks for the help. So the atoms in package.unmask are evaluated after the atoms in package.mask? Matt -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation
I've been having serious problems with newer versions of gentoo-sources (basically 2.6.12-r9 and 2.6.12-r10), so I have downgraded to 2.6.12-r4, which is rock solid for me. So, I thought to add something like this atom to /etc/portage/package.mask: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 However, what I really want to to is mask all versions of gentoo-sources greater than 2.6.12-r4 and less than or equal to 2.6.12-r10, so that I can test newer versions of gentoo-sources beyond 2.6.12-r10 when they become available. So, what I really want is something like this: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 Of course, this syntax doesn't work and spits out an Invalid atom error when I run emerge. Does anyone know the proper syntax for what I want to achieve? Is it even possible to acheive this? Thank you for the help in advance, Matt As an aside, I think this latest instability with new versions of gentoo-sources has to do with problems using older versions of the nvidia drivers with newer kernel versions. Unfortunately, I cannot upgrade my nvidia drivers because my Geforce2 GTS is officially unsupported by the latest drivers. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 21:20 -0400, Matthew Cline wrote: I've been having serious problems with newer versions of gentoo-sources (basically 2.6.12-r9 and 2.6.12-r10), so I have downgraded to 2.6.12-r4, which is rock solid for me. So, I thought to add something like this atom to /etc/portage/package.mask: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 However, what I really want to to is mask all versions of gentoo-sources greater than 2.6.12-r4 and less than or equal to 2.6.12-r10, so that I can test newer versions of gentoo-sources beyond 2.6.12-r10 when they become available. So, what I really want is something like this: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 Of course, this syntax doesn't work and spits out an Invalid atom error when I run emerge. Does anyone know the proper syntax for what I want to achieve? Is it even possible to acheive this? In /etc/portage/package.mask: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 In /etc/portage/package.unmask =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 Should do what you want. Regards, Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
