On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:34:34 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

> > You can generate the list with
> >
> > qlist -ICv | sed -e 's/^/~/' -e 's/-r[1-9]$//'
> > >/etc/portage/package.mask/goingstable  
> 
> Am I correct in believing that there is a typo and "package.mask"
> should be "package.accept_keywords"

You are and it should.

> PS I know this was posted a year ago but I am only now implementing the
> suggestion.  Sorry for the delay.

I recently used it to move a machine from testing to stable. The one
caveat is that sometimes the testing version your have installed, and in
package.accept_keywords, is removed from the tree so portage wants to
downgrade to the latest stable version. You have the choice of letting
this happen or unmasking a later testing version.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

If at first you don't succeed, you'll get a lot of free advice from
folks who didn't succeed either.

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