On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:21:40 +0200 Nick Katsamas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi to all gentoo users, > > Recently i try to install Gentoo 1.4_rc3 to my PC. > I have some questions about the packages that i can build. > > 1) After a "emerge rsync" i try to install the Xfree package. Download the > 4.2.1-r2 and install it ok. But i notice in directory > "/usr/portage/x11-base/xfree" there are more recent versions for the Xfree > (4.3.0-r1). I try to update with "emerge -uvp --deep xfree" but no updates > are available. I try the command "emerge -vp --deep xfree" and the output > was: > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [ebuild R ] x11-base/xfree-4.2.1-r2 -sse +nls +mmx +truetype +3dnow -3dfx > > This is only an example. The same problem exist and to most other packages eg > gcc,kde...etc. > > How can i solve it? If you give the complete PATH for example emerge -up /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.3.0-r1.ebuild and that works or if you're not affraid by cached packages you can use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge xfree > > > 2) When i update a package, in the "/usr/portage/distfiles" directory i have > the old version of the file and the new one. Is there any way to keep only > the new one and delete the old one? > > eg: the package readline. I update to version 4.3 and in distfiles i have: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 919625 Feb 23 08:13 readline-4.2a.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 961662 Mar 16 15:44 readline-4.3.tar.gz > > > -- > Best regards > > ******************************** > Nick Katsamas > e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************** > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
