I am doing a 'emerge -uD' but one of the packages the version currently
in portage doesn't compile, so I want to keep my current version, and
prevent emerge from trying to update it. How can I put a package on hold
(like in Debian)?

I tried inserting:

=x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 ~amd64

in /etc/portage/package.keywords

but 'emerge -uD world' still tries to build x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1
which fails, so the whole process is stopped.

On 28 Jan 2009, at 15:33, Miernik wrote:

I am doing a 'emerge -uD' but one of the packages the version
currently

in portage doesn't compile, so I want to keep my current version, and
prevent emerge from trying to update it. How can I put a package on
hold

(like in Debian)?

I tried inserting:

=x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 ~amd64

in /etc/portage/package.keywords

but 'emerge -uD world' still tries to build x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1
which fails, so the whole process is stopped.


I think you need to use /etc/portage/package.mask instead.

Stroller.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:48:37 -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote:

> > =x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 ~amd64
> >
> > in /etc/portage/package.keywords
> >
> > but 'emerge -uD world' still tries to build x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1
> > which fails, so the whole process is stopped.
>
> echo >x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 >> /etc/portage/package.mask
> # and to prevent downgrades

That blocks all future updates, not just the broken one.


--
Neil Bothwick

If there is light at the end of the tunnel...order more tunnel.

Sorry for topposting (BlackBerry behavior).

I think that if emerge =x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1 fails, you should file a bug before masking it.

================
Momesso Andrea
================

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:10:05
To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to hold a package at a specific version (so
emerge -uD world doesn't change it)?


On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:48:37 -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote:

> > =x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 ~amd64
> >
> > in /etc/portage/package.keywords
> >
> > but 'emerge -uD world' still tries to build x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1
> > which fails, so the whole process is stopped.
>
> echo >x11-wm/awesome-3.1-r1 >> /etc/portage/package.mask
> # and to prevent downgrades

That blocks all future updates, not just the broken one.


--
Neil Bothwick

If there is light at the end of the tunnel...order more tunnel.

Man Shankar <man.ee.gen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20:41 Wed 28 Jan , momesso.andrea@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> I think that if emerge =x11-wm/awesome-3.1.1 fails, you should file a
>> bug before masking it.

Well, it could take days, weeks, or more before the bug report is taken
care of, and I don't want to wait with my upgrade of the rest of the
system.

> +1
>
> FWIW, have been using that version for about 10 days. Works great here.
> What is the error you get?

I did, read here:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256641

Thanks for anwsers, masking worked.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:19:45 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote:

> doesn't
>
> emerge --skipfirst
>
> ring any bell?

Or even emerge --keep-going if you want to take that route.


--
Neil Bothwick

CPU: (n.) acronym for Central Purging Unit. A device which discards or
distorts data sent to it, sometimes returning more data and sometimes
merely over-heating.