On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Sean <s...@ttys0.net> wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 13:40 -0700, Michael Higgins wrote: >> Don't know the proper term, but I want to stop version updates for a while, >> yet allow package-rN updates... > > I don't think there's a real good way to accomplish this, but the > approach I would take is to setup a local portage tree that the system > syncs from. You could then cherry pick the ebuild updates that go into > that local, and now customized, portage tree. > > -Sean > >
I'm not sure if this is any use to you, but what I tend to do with my workstation and laptop which I use daily for work is, I have the following bash aliases in place ( because I'm lazy ). I tend not to run a a full deep update via emerge during the work week but do look out for reported security vulnerabilities via the glsa-check application. I can then update only the affected package or packages as needed and the system remains otherwise in-tact and stable. alias secchk='glsa-check -p affected' alias secup='glsa-check -f affected' -- Beau Dylan Henderson "No human being should be denied the fundamental right to educate themselves or indulge their curiosities. To deny any person the right to do so, for whatever reason, is nothing more than the safeguarding of ignorance to ensure that enlightenment does not become a threat. For nothing in this world is more dangerous than an open mind." -- Matthew Good
