[gentoo-user] Portage screwup
What is going on with portage? All the older packages are being removed and and some of them are not even made stable. I've masked current one app-text/poppler-0.22.2-r2 but looking at the web-page this is not even stable poppler-0.22.3 is masked all across the previous version are all removed. All the packages that I recently try to roll back are gone, in most cases only one is available so there is no option to roll back. Am I missing something? -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage screwup
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:33:24 -0600, Joseph wrote: All the older packages are being removed and and some of them are not even made stable. That makes sense. These are testing packages, if the tests reveal a fault that is rectified in a later ebuild, only the fixed one will be made stable. I've masked current one app-text/poppler-0.22.2-r2 but looking at the web-page this is not even stable poppler-0.22.3 is masked all acrossgo It's not masked, it is keyworded - there is a difference. the previous version are all removed. All the packages that I recently try to roll back are gone, in most cases only one is available so there is no option to roll back. Am I missing something? All ebuilds stay on the Gentoo CVS server, ones that are removed from the tree in the attic. If you want a previous version, download it from the attic and put it in your local overlay. -- Neil Bothwick If there is light at the end of the tunnel...order more tunnel. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage screwup
On 04/18/13 15:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: All ebuilds stay on the Gentoo CVS server, ones that are removed from the tree in the attic. If you want a previous version, download it from the attic and put it in your local overlay. -- Neil Bothwick If there is light at the end of the tunnel...order more tunnel. Do you have any link how to set it up? -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage screwup
Am 18.04.2013 17:50, schrieb Joseph: On 04/18/13 15:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: All ebuilds stay on the Gentoo CVS server, ones that are removed from the tree in the attic. If you want a previous version, download it from the attic and put it in your local overlay. -- Neil Bothwick If there is light at the end of the tunnel...order more tunnel. Do you have any link how to set it up? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=portage+attic+local+overlay
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage screwup
Am 18.04.2013 15:33, schrieb Joseph: What is going on with portage? All the older packages are being removed and and some of them are not even made stable. I've masked current one app-text/poppler-0.22.2-r2 but looking at the web-page this is not even stable poppler-0.22.3 is masked all across the previous version are all removed. All the packages that I recently try to roll back are gone, in most cases only one is available so there is no option to roll back. Am I missing something? The version of poppler that you have masked ( 0.22.2-r2 ) is stable. So it's not a portage screw up, the problem is more that you are trying to install outdated software.
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage screwup
On 04/18/13 22:10, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 18.04.2013 15:33, schrieb Joseph: What is going on with portage? All the older packages are being removed and and some of them are not even made stable. I've masked current one app-text/poppler-0.22.2-r2 but looking at the web-page this is not even stable poppler-0.22.3 is masked all across the previous version are all removed. All the packages that I recently try to roll back are gone, in most cases only one is available so there is no option to roll back. Am I missing something? The version of poppler that you have masked ( 0.22.2-r2 ) is stable. So it's not a portage screw up, the problem is more that you are trying to install outdated software. I'm not getting any were with this; looking blindly trying to install older versions hoping it might help This Gentoo portage + attic is not getting any easier it is not documented officially how to install and run it and if I ask how to do it all I get is silly advice to google it up :-/ Maybe it is time for me to move to another distro. -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage screwup
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:34:42 -0600, Joseph wrote: I'm not getting any were with this; looking blindly trying to install older versions hoping it might help This Gentoo portage + attic is not getting any easier it is not documented officially how to install and run it and if I ask how to do it all I get is silly advice to google it up :-/ You don't install attic, it is an area of the CVS server. You copy files from it to a local overlay, and setting up one of those is covered in the Gentoo Handbook. All ebuilds stay on the Gentoo CVS server, ones that are removed from the tree in the attic. If you want a previous version, download it from the attic and put it in your local overlay. See, no mention of installing anything. Download and copy it, i.e. one ebuild. Google isn't enough, you also have to read the advice given. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 35: Legally drunk signature.asc Description: PGP signature
