All -- You have to create the directory and the package.(mask,unmask) files. Go figure.
Yes, there is a sticky forum topic on this somewhere... Portage Tips, don't remember. -rdg/TacticalJack On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 23:17, Helgi �rn Helgason wrote: > On 2003-12-08, rd wrote: > > To prevent emerge world from upgrading... edit /etc/portage/package.mask > > and put ">dev-perl/Extutils-MakeMaker-6.05-r6" in it. This will mask > > anything newer until YOU remove this entry. > > > Ah, wonderful. Thank you. But /etc/portage/package.mask doesn't seem to > exist here! There isn't even a /etc/portage directory here. > But /usr/portage/profiles/portage.mask does exist, and it says I'm > welcome to add an entry to it. So, which is the right *correct* method to > do this and where do I find docs on this? > > The only thing I have found this: > <http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=33534>. > > Cheers, > /H� -- It is vital to remember that information is not knowledge; that knowledge is not wisdom; and that wisdom is not foresight. - Arthur C Clarke -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
