Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2013-12-20 Thread gottlieb
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

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2013-12-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
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_keyw

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2013-12-20 Thread gottlieb
On Wed, Oct 17 2012, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:18:50 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to >> stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch >> up. >> >> Can someone repost this msg? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Wed, Oct 17 2012, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:18:50 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to >> stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch >> up. >> >> I believe the basic idea was to u

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:54:16 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > qlist -ICv | sed -e 's/^/~/' -e 's/-r[1-9]$//' > >/etc/portage/package.use/goingstable That should, of course, be package.unmask, not package.use. -- Neil Bothwick This chicken has no beak, said Tom impeccably. signature.asc Descri

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:18:50 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to > stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch > up. > > I believe the basic idea was to unmask a bunch of packages and then as > stable catc

Re: [gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2012 22:18, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: > A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to > stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch > up. > > I believe the basic idea was to unmask a bunch of packages and then as > stable catches up, remove

[gentoo-user] converting from testing to stable SLOWLY

2012-10-17 Thread Allan Gottlieb
A few months ago a procedure was given for converting from testing to stable (e.g. ~amd64-->~amd) by essentially waiting for stable to catch up. I believe the basic idea was to unmask a bunch of packages and then as stable catches up, remove the unmasks. I also believe there was some automated wa