On 02/04/2017 07:00 AM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 07:12:01AM +0100, Floyd Anderson wrote: >> On Fri, 03 Feb 18:34:22 -0700 >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> I have an old version of asterisk-1.8.28.2 (it is no longer in portage). >>> I want to keep this version, temporarily (till I have a chance to test a >>> new one 11.25.1-ver. >> >> If you have the asterisk-ebuild (and all related files) still available, >> you could try to migrate it to a local overlay [1][2]. Otherwise, tell >> Portage you are handle this package yourself by adding it to: >> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided >> >> This file can be used to hold a specific version — even the package is >> no longer in tree. But notice, this isn’t the whole truth as mentioned >> in [3]. Portage will not update listed packages unless another package >> requires a newer version of it. > > I don't think package.provided will help in this case. He needs to > rebuild the package to get rid of the old library so he needs the old > ebuild and mask newer versions. > > But linking against a new library version can also cause problems so he > might as well update it. If you *must* keep this build try adding > --exclude='net-misc/asterisk' to the emerge @preserved-rebuild command > and the old libraries used by asterisk will be preserved until you get a > chance to update it but all other packages will use the new versions. > >> >> Give it a try and invoke: >> emerge --pretend --verbose net-misc/asterisk >> to ensure if it’ll work as expected. >> >> References: >> [1] >> <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/CustomTree#Defining_a_custom_repository> >> [2] <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay/Local_overlay> >> [3] <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/profile/package.provided> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Floyd Anderson
I've tried to keep the asterisk-1.8.28.2 but the ebuild from "atic" wouldn't even manifest. There was some security patch missing preventing it from making manifest. So more work for me upgrading to 11-ver. -- Thelma
