> From:: Matthew Cline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gentoo-user] Question regarding trick portage.mask situation > Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:20:01 -0400 > I've been having serious problems with newer versions of > gentoo-sources (basically 2.6.12-r9 and 2.6.12-r10), so I have > downgraded to 2.6.12-r4, which is rock solid for me. So, I thought to > add something like this atom to /etc/portage/package.mask: > > >sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 > > However, what I really want to to is mask all versions of > gentoo-sources greater than 2.6.12-r4 and less than or equal to > 2.6.12-r10, so that I can test newer versions of gentoo-sources beyond > 2.6.12-r10 when they become available. So, what I really want is > something like this: > > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4< >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 > > Of course, this syntax doesn't work and spits out an "Invalid atom" > error when I run emerge. Does anyone know the proper syntax for what I > want to achieve? Is it even possible to acheive this? Couldn't you just name the specific packages you would like masked? ================================== =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r9 =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 ================================== -- Regards, Mick Lycos email has now 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at mail.lycos.co.uk
