Thanks, I should have read the Portage Manual more closely. In the world file you can pin a package to a certain level by editing as such:-
app-office/gnucash becomes for example... =app-office/gnucash-1.8.2 then emerge -up world did not show gnucash going back to older version. On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 10:37, Brad Beveridge wrote: > Personally, I run stable packages (ie, not ACCEPT_KEYWORDS) when-ever I can. If I > do need an unstable package, I usually "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge .." > If you want particular packages to not get changed by emerge -u world, you can > either remove them from the /var/cache/edb/world file or pin them to a specific > version. I don't know if you can pin unstable versions though :) > > Personally, if I've installed an unstable package I remove it from my world file & > manage it in a more manual way - just the price you need to pay :) > > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 10:30 a.m. > > To: Linux Users Group (E-mail) > > Subject: Gentoo package upgrade question > > > > > > Gentoo users: > > > > I recently commented out the ACCEPT KEYWORDS line from > > /etc/make.conf to get > > latest versions of some programmes - Gnucash in particular. > > > > Today when I ran > > emerge rsync && emerge -up world > > > > it wanted to go back to earlier versions of some packages > > > > What do you recommend for the ACCEPT KEYWORDS line? > > > > Do you think I should leave it uncommented permanently or what? > > > > Robert > > -- Robert Fisher www.fisherfamily.orcon.net.nz
