On Fri, Dec 20 2013, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:34:34 -0500, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > >> > You can generate the list with >> > >> > qlist -ICv | sed -e 's/^/~/' -e 's/-r[1-9]$//' >> > >/etc/portage/package.mask/goingstable >> >> Am I correct in believing that there is a typo and "package.mask" >> should be "package.accept_keywords" > > You are and it should. > >> PS I know this was posted a year ago but I am only now implementing the >> suggestion. Sorry for the delay. > > I recently used it to move a machine from testing to stable. The one > caveat is that sometimes the testing version your have installed, and in > package.accept_keywords, is removed from the tree so portage wants to > downgrade to the latest stable version. You have the choice of letting > this happen or unmasking a later testing version.
I understand. Thanks for the explanation and the original procedure. allan
