daniel wrote: >i can't be the first person to have this problem, but i NEED xfree on this >machine. i've upgraded every other box to xorg, but this one can't be. i >need xfree because it's the only windowing system that plays nice with the >gatos ati drivers for my tv card. ...and i'm not about to boot to windows to >watch tv. > >so how do i just tell gentoo not to try to upgrade me? is the following my >only choice? is it a good one? > > # emerge --inject x11-base/x11-xorg > >why is it that xfree had to be removed but other stuff that most people never >touch (like kdrive) is still in there? am i the only one that's upset and >thinks this is nuts? > > > > put "x11-base/xorg-x11" in /etc/portage/package.mask and portage will never emerge it.
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