On 2010-04-18 11:54 AM, Arttu V. wrote: > On 4/18/10, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: >>>> You could try temporarily masking it: >>>> #echo sys-devel/gcc >> /etc/portage/package.mask >>>> >>>> Then updating: >>>> #emerge -e system >>>> >>>> Then removing the mask: >>>> #sed -i '$d' /etc/portage/package.mask >>>> >>>> I don't know of any emerge flag that does this in one step. >>> >>> Hmmm, good idea, thanks Vincent... >> >> Crap, doesn't look like this will work... > <snip/> >> >> Any other ideas?
> A guess: try it with package.provided instead of package.mask. See the > section on portage man page. The syntax for package.provided requires > a full version atom (e.g., sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-r1), but this approach > might not interfere with dep tree calculations like masking does. Noted for future reference as well Arttu, thanks... if it works I won't have to sit there and watch for the gcc compiles... -- Charles
