hello,

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:54:24AM -0300, Bruno Lustosa wrote:
> How can I make sure that when I upgrade, packages like evolution and
> epiphany (along with mozilla) won't get installed? Is there a (clean)
> way to prevent them from being installed?
> They seem to be tied to gnome, but as I don't use them, I have no need
> to waste time compiling any of them.
> 
have a look at -> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Portage_Correctly
under "Maintaining Packages" they describe how to unmask a package using
/etc/portage/package.unmask
the same is possible with /etc/portage/package.mask where u can put
programs in which you want never have installed

you also can give an excat version of an program


greetz

alex
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