On 10/26/11 13:46, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:29:37 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > >>> Mask higher versions in package mask >>> >>>> cat/pkg-version.you.want >>> >>> >> >> I did, but as I said there where 350+ of them. And every time I tried >> to emerge anything else, I couldn't because some package I needed was >> listed in package mask. > > It's too late for this problem, but I'd recommend installing dmerge. It > takes a snapshot of what is installed after each emerge --sync, and lets > you roll back to a previous time (assuming the ebuilds are still in the > tree). > >
Is it a problem that I share my /usr/portage directory from another machine through NFS?