Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox 0.9.3 and slots

[Chris I]

On 2003.06.27 17:16, Ville Leskinen wrote:

On Friday 27 June 2003 22:26, Chris I wrote:
> Portage recognizes that fluxbox ebuilds > 0.9.0 are masked, and
tries
> to install the highest unmasked version, which is 0.1.14-r1.
>
> I'd suggest using the -U option instead of -u, as it will not
downgrade
> packages.
>
> -Chris I

Although this seems to work, a better solution would be putting that
line from
packages.mask to /etc/portage/packages.unmask.

I had heard of the package.unmask file, but was unable to find any documentation for it.

Thanks!

-Chris I

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.
                -- Bill Veeck

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