John P. Burkett wrote: > Dale wrote: > >> John P. Burkett wrote: >> >>> Alan, >>> Thank you very much for your diagnosis and suggestion. Having no >>> experience downgrading packages, I'm not certain how to implement the >>> proposal to downgrade ftgl. The approach I tried is the following: >>> I created a /usr/portage/package.mask file containing the line >>> =media-libs/ftgl-2.1.3_rc5 >>> and then did >>> emerge -C ftgl >>> which removed ftgl-2.l.3_rc5. >>> Then I did >>> emerge ftgl >>> expecting to get a lower version. Instead, ftgl-2.l.3_rc5 was emerged >>> again. >>> So, if you'll forgive such a basic question, how should ftgl be downgraded? >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I got this: >> >> r...@smoker / # equery list -p ftgl >> [ Searching for package 'ftgl' in all categories among: ] >> * installed packages >> * Portage tree (/usr/portage) >> [-P-] [ ] media-libs/ftgl-2.1.2-r1 (0) >> [-P-] [M~] media-libs/ftgl-2.1.2-r2 (0) >> [-P-] [ ] media-libs/ftgl-2.1.3_rc5 (0) >> r...@smoker / # >> >> So, I would try this "emerge -va =media-libs/ftgl-2.1.2-r1" and see if >> that version works since it was the last stable version, without the >> quotes of course. Keep in mind, you have not masked anything so if you >> run "emerge -u world" it will try to upgrade. I would find a working >> version first, then mask/unmask. That way you know what to mask/unmask. >> >> I hope that works for you. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> >> > Dale, > Thank you very much for your suggestion. It solved my problem! > Best regard, > John > > >
Don't forget tho, it will still upgrade when you do your next emerge -u world. If media-libs/ftgl-2.1.2-r1 is working, you need to mask the newer versions locally. I would try to add ">media-libs/ftgl-2.1.2-r1" to package.mask and the see if it wants to try to upgrade, If not, then portage is happy to leave you where you are. Also keep in mind, it will not upgrade that package again until you remove that entry. ANY version above that will not be allowed. If you want to just mask the version you know doesn't work, then you may want to try adding "=media-libs/ftgl-2.1.3_rc5" to package.mask and see if that helps. In the future, if a new version comes out, then it will try to upgrade. There are two ways to do this that I can think of off the top of my head. Either of these should work, it just depends on what kind of future upgrades you expect. Also note the equal and greater than signs in the beginning of the entry. Those are the key points to notice. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)
