Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 03:59:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> Though I would prefix the atom with ~ instead of = to cover patch >>> level updates. >> I have looked for a place where it is documented how to do that. I know >> there is a lot of ways to add packages to those files with <=> and such >> in front of the package names. Do you have a link to some docs on >> that? If not, some examples would be cool. > man portage > man 5 ebuild > > The latter has more detail.
Gold mine. I knew it had to be somewhere but never could find it. Thank you!! > >> Well, I was going to try adding the variable to make.conf as posted in >> another email. I think that may be better since this seems to be a >> issue that is "in flux" at the moment. ;-) > I think the very fluxiness of it would put me off enabling it globally > and set it case by case until things had settled down. > > BTW eix-test-obsolete is a good tool for cleaning up /etc/portage, > finding all sorts of per-package settings you set and forgot about. > > Yea, may try that. I dunno. To sleepy right now. I tend to forget to run that until the list gets HUGE then it is like, that takes to long so oh well. I really need to spend a few hours working on that tho. I'm sure it is a nightmare by now. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
