[gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
Hi. I just did emerge --pretend --update --deep world, but there is a package which I don't want to have emerge update automatically -- how do I accomplish this? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
Hi, On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:50:31 -0500 John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I just did emerge --pretend --update --deep world, but there is a package which I don't want to have emerge update automatically -- how do I accomplish this? You can mask it in /etc/portage/package.mask, for the syntax have a look at man 5 portage. For your case, it's basically a line like pkg-category/package-0.0.1 assuming you want to keep 0.0.1. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 08:50, John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?': Hi. I just did emerge --pretend --update --deep world, but there is a package which I don't want to have emerge update automatically -- how do I accomplish this? Add an appropriate atom to your /etc/portage/package.mask file. There's a good section in the handbook about this, as well as it being documented in the various man pages installed with portage, such as man portage, man ebuild, and man 5 ebuild. Very quickly: If you have cate-gory/package-1.5.3 installed, and cate-gory/package-1.6.0_rc2 is available but you don't want to upgrade, add =cate-gory/package-1.6* to your package.mask (If it's a -rX upgrade, or and increase in the 3rd (or later) number in the version, you probably want the upgrade. Really. The former is an ebuild fix that won't change the upstream version you get (so, you will almost never encounter upgrade issues); the later is (for most packages) a security or bugfix release that should maintain compatibility with previous versions (so, you will rarely encounter upgrade issues).) -- If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh pgpj7bcuD18k1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
OK, thanks I will try that and see what it does. on Thursday 01/11/2007 Hans-Werner Hilse([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Hi, On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:50:31 -0500 John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I just did emerge --pretend --update --deep world, but there is a package which I don't want to have emerge update automatically -- how do I accomplish this? You can mask it in /etc/portage/package.mask, for the syntax have a look at man 5 portage. For your case, it's basically a line like pkg-category/package-0.0.1 assuming you want to keep 0.0.1. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
OK, I did put my php version in the /etc/portage/package.mask, but it still wants to install a new major version -- curiously it says ebuild -ns rather than just -n or -u. I put the following line in there =dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r8 which is my current version of php and emerge said [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6 USE=berkdb cli crypt gdbm iconv ipv6 ldap ncurses nls pcre readline reflection session spell spl ssl truetype unicode xml zlib -adabas -apache -apache2 -bcmath -birdstep -bzip2 -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk -concurrentmodphp -ctype -curl -curlwrappers -db2 -dbase -dbmaker -debug -discard-path -doc -empress -empress-bcs -esoob -exif -fastbuild -fdftk -filepro -firebird -flatfile -force-cgi-redirect -frontbase -ftp -gd -gd-external -gmp -hardenedphp -hash -hyperwave-api -imap -informix -inifile -interbase -iodbc -java-external -kerberos -libedit -mcve -memlimit -mhash -ming -msql -mssql -mysql -mysqli -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -pdo -pdo-external -pic -posix -postgres -qdbm -recode -sapdb -sasl -sharedext -sharedmem -simplexml -snmp -soap -sockets -solid -sqlite -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc -threads -tidy -tokenizer -vm-goto -vm-switch -wddx -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm -xsl -yaz -zip on Thursday 01/11/2007 Hans-Werner Hilse([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Hi, On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:50:31 -0500 John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I just did emerge --pretend --update --deep world, but there is a package which I don't want to have emerge update automatically -- how do I accomplish this? You can mask it in /etc/portage/package.mask, for the syntax have a look at man 5 portage. For your case, it's basically a line like pkg-category/package-0.0.1 assuming you want to keep 0.0.1. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:10:29 +0100, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: You can mask it in /etc/portage/package.mask, for the syntax have a look at man 5 portage. For your case, it's basically a line like pkg-category/package-0.0.1 assuming you want to keep 0.0.1. It would be better to use ~pkg-category/package-0.0.1. this allows patch level updates, such as 0.0.1-r1 while not permitting an update to a higher upstream version. Patch level updates, -r1, -r2 etc, install the same version but with some changes, such as security fixes. -- Neil Bothwick There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult -C.A.R. Hoare signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
Hi, On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:38:38 -0500 John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I did put my php version in the /etc/portage/package.mask, but it still wants to install a new major version -- curiously it says ebuild -ns rather than just -n or -u. I put the following line in there =dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r8 you don't want to mask the currently installed version (=), but rather the versions greater () than it. which is my current version of php and emerge said [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6 USE=berkdb cli crypt gdbm [...] interesting. Yes, that NS is for a New, Slotted version. I.e., PHP4 will still be on your system, so you might already stop worrying at this point. In fact, I don't really know how to mask a version in a different slot. I would have even expected my suggestion to do that anyway. But this makes much more sense, because there should be a seperate masking for each of the slots -- and it resembles the behaviour from the profile's masks. So you might add another line to your package.mask, following Boyd Stephen's suggestion to mask with =: =dev-lang/php-5.0.0 -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 17:47, Neil Bothwick wrote: It would be better to use ~pkg-category/package-0.0.1. this allows patch level updates, such as 0.0.1-r1 while not permitting an update to a higher upstream version. That isn't a valid atom and it plain doesn't work. Even if it did it wouldn't have the intended effect since it would mask -r*... -- Bo Andresen pgpeF6vSQd6T3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 16:21, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: add =cate-gory/package-1.6* to your package.mask That too isn't a valid atom. Lose the '*'. It's only valid with '=' not '=' or '~'... Valid atoms are described in `man 5 ebuild`. -- Bo Andresen pgp9EzkNnmr9O.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 17:56, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: I don't really know how to mask a version in a different slot. I would have even expected my suggestion to do that anyway. But this makes much more sense, because there should be a seperate masking for each of the slots -- and it resembles the behaviour from the profile's masks. A '' masking will indeed mask later slots. It doesn't require a mask pr. slot. -- Bo Andresen pgpdKXUAxXzCm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 11:30, Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?': On Thursday 11 January 2007 16:21, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: add =cate-gory/package-1.6* to your package.mask That too isn't a valid atom. Lose the '*'. It's only valid with '=' not '=' or '~'... Valid atoms are described in `man 5 ebuild`. Ah, fooey, I was hoping I could mix and match, freely. I clearly don't use atoms enough. -- If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh pgp3ip7BAsmiY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
If I have two versions on the systems, how would apache and the cli pick what version they are going to use? on Thursday 01/11/2007 Hans-Werner Hilse([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Hi, On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:38:38 -0500 John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I did put my php version in the /etc/portage/package.mask, but it still wants to install a new major version -- curiously it says ebuild -ns rather than just -n or -u. I put the following line in there =dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r8 you don't want to mask the currently installed version (=), but rather the versions greater () than it. which is my current version of php and emerge said [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6 USE=berkdb cli crypt gdbm [...] interesting. Yes, that NS is for a New, Slotted version. I.e., PHP4 will still be on your system, so you might already stop worrying at this point. In fact, I don't really know how to mask a version in a different slot. I would have even expected my suggestion to do that anyway. But this makes much more sense, because there should be a seperate masking for each of the slots -- and it resembles the behaviour from the profile's masks. So you might add another line to your package.mask, following Boyd Stephen's suggestion to mask with =: =dev-lang/php-5.0.0 -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On 1/11/07, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I have two versions on the systems, how would apache and the cli pick what version they are going to use? I think there was just a thread on top-posting, btw. IIRC, you pass -DPHP5 or -DPHP4 to apache in /etc/conf.d/apache (or possibly /etc/conf.d/apache2). As for cli, I'm not sure, I haven't used it much. on Thursday 01/11/2007 Hans-Werner Hilse([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Hi, On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:38:38 -0500 John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I did put my php version in the /etc/portage/package.mask, but it still wants to install a new major version -- curiously it says ebuild -ns rather than just -n or -u. I put the following line in there =dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r8 you don't want to mask the currently installed version (=), but rather the versions greater () than it. which is my current version of php and emerge said [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6 USE=berkdb cli crypt gdbm [...] interesting. Yes, that NS is for a New, Slotted version. I.e., PHP4 will still be on your system, so you might already stop worrying at this point. In fact, I don't really know how to mask a version in a different slot. I would have even expected my suggestion to do that anyway. But this makes much more sense, because there should be a seperate masking for each of the slots -- and it resembles the behaviour from the profile's masks. So you might add another line to your package.mask, following Boyd Stephen's suggestion to mask with =: =dev-lang/php-5.0.0 -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Ryan W Sims -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 18:56, John covici wrote: If I have two versions on the systems, how would apache and the cli pick what version they are going to use? Apparently there's a php-select tool [1]. And I think apache has separate init scripts and use flags for each slot. You should have a look at the apache docs at [2] too. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/php/php-upgrading.xml [2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml -- Bo Andresen pgpKiOopkXCe8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
John Covici wrote: Hi. I just did emerge --pretend --update --deep world, but there is a package which I don't want to have emerge update automatically -- how do I accomplish this? Thanks. Assuming this is going back to the PHP thing, this will allow you to update to future versions of 4.x without moving to 5.0 or better. echo =dev-lang/php-5 /etc/portage/package.mask kashani -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:28:51 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: It would be better to use ~pkg-category/package-0.0.1. this allows patch level updates, such as 0.0.1-r1 while not permitting an update to a higher upstream version. That isn't a valid atom and it plain doesn't work. Even if it did it wouldn't have the intended effect since it would mask -r*... I tested it before posting and it did work. It didn't mask -r*, allowing a upgrade. -- Neil Bothwick What colour is a chameleon on a mirror? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 21:32, Neil Bothwick wrote: It would be better to use ~pkg-category/package-0.0.1. this allows patch level updates, such as 0.0.1-r1 while not permitting an update to a higher upstream version. That isn't a valid atom and it plain doesn't work. Even if it did it wouldn't have the intended effect since it would mask -r*... I tested it before posting and it did work. It didn't mask -r*, allowing a upgrade. It doesn't work at all. Nothing gets masked. It's simply ignored: # cat /etc/portage/package.mask ~dev-lang/php-4.4.4 # emerge -p php [SNIP] [ebuild N] dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6 USE=... # cat /etc/portage/package.mask dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r # emerge -p php [SNIP] [ebuild N] dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r6 USE=... That goes for both stable and ~arch portage. -- Bo Andresen pgpG32TLg1EjY.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Also, what did work was dev-lang/php-5 I wish there was a way to see what it was ignoring, etc. on Thursday 01/11/2007 Bo Ørsted Andresen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On Thursday 11 January 2007 21:32, Neil Bothwick wrote: It would be better to use ~pkg-category/package-0.0.1. this allows patch level updates, such as 0.0.1-r1 while not permitting an update to a higher upstream version. That isn't a valid atom and it plain doesn't work. Even if it did it wouldn't have the intended effect since it would mask -r*... I tested it before posting and it did work. It didn't mask -r*, allowing a upgrade. It doesn't work at all. Nothing gets masked. It's simply ignored: # cat /etc/portage/package.mask ~dev-lang/php-4.4.4 # emerge -p php [SNIP] [ebuild N] dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6 USE=... # cat /etc/portage/package.mask dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r # emerge -p php [SNIP] [ebuild N] dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r6 USE=... That goes for both stable and ~arch portage. -- Bo Andresen -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
John covici wrote: Also, what did work was dev-lang/php-5 I wish there was a way to see what it was ignoring, etc. emerge eix eix -pv php kashani -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thursday 11 January 2007 22:43, John covici wrote: Also, what did work was dev-lang/php-5 I wish there was a way to see what it was ignoring, etc. An invalid atom like e.g.: =dev-lang/php-4* will make portage 2.1.2 spit out a warning about it being an invalid atom. I do consider the fact that it completely ignores ~ atoms rather than spitting out a warning to be a bug. In other words portage is moving towards more validation and unit tests so eventually it will catch all sorts of invalid input... In the mean time `man 5 ebuild` describes valid atoms. PS: Please stop top-posting. -- Bo Andresen pgptQW9olSqn1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I keep package from being updated?
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:43:34 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: I tested it before posting and it did work. It didn't mask -r*, allowing a upgrade. It doesn't work at all. Nothing gets masked. It's simply ignored: You're right, I didn't test very effectively. I should have just checked the man pages. Apologies for the noise. Portage usually complains about invalid atoms. Why did it wait until I was about to make a prat of myself before deciding not to do so? :( -- Neil Bothwick Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
