At Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:50:12 -0500 Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just read this in the developer's guide: > > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/index.html > > |~app-misc/foo-1.23| Version 1.23 (or any |1.23-r*|) is required. > > I was wondering if this would work in package.keywords, package.mask, etc. > so tried it. It does appear to work... > > # eix -e portage > * sys-apps/portage > Available versions: 2.0.51.22-r3 2.0.54-r2 2.1 2.1-r1 > 2.1.1_pre1-r5 2.1.1_pre2-r2 > > # echo "~sys-apps/portage-2.1" >> /etc/portage/package.mask > > # eix -e portage > * sys-apps/portage > Available versions: 2.0.51.22-r3 2.0.54-r2 [M]2.1 [M]2.1-r1 > 2.1.1_pre1-r5 2.1.1_pre2-r2 Good find. I saw some posts here using it and wondered why the same "typo" appeared. I just checked the portage man page, which describes the various package.* files, and this usage of `~' is not documented. Should I file a documentation bug? allan -- [email protected] mailing list
