On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 18:48 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > Paul Hoy wrote: > > > > On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:38:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast through > >>> and through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it does > >>> not constitute a release of a recent version IMHO. > >>> > >> > >> They're not "unstable", they are "testing", and that only applies to the > >> ebuild itself, not the upstream package. If you want the latest versions, > >> you need to run ~arch. Any distro that puts brand new packages (with the > >> exception of security fixes) into its stable package tree has thrown all > >> concept of QA out of the window. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Neil Bothwick > >> > >> Top Oxymorons Number 30: Business ethics > >> > > > > Hi Neil, > > > > Is there a way to explicitly search for ~arch releases or do I have set > > the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable in make.conf and hope for the best during > > emerge? > > > > Paul > > > > > > *ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable* > > > > > > You can export variables in the shell (not generally recommended) or put them > directly on the command line. > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -s foo > > It's best to use /etc/portage/package.keywords to keep your package specific > keywords (documented in the "portage" manpage). > > Zac
Zac, Beauty. Just tried it and found some gnome updates. Very much appreciated. Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
