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MerlinTheWizard
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 Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 10:44 pm Post subject: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" ? |
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Is emerge'ing with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" necessary on x86 machines, and why?
Why the same package emerge'd with this is not necessarily the same as without?
By the way, I remember trying and emerge -u mozilla and getting nothing newer than 1.2, whereas with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86", I got Mozilla 1.3...
I did an :
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -u ghostscript |
like a few minutes ago, and the compile of tk-8.4.2 failed ;(
Can you guys shed some light on all this? |
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dma
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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"x86" means packages that are STABLE on x86.
"~x86" means packages that are unstable/untested on x86.
"-x86" means packages that are NOT SUPPORTED on x86.
I think.
The "~x86" packages are often newer but are not nearly as well tested.
Unless you REALLY know what you are doing, I recommend that you use
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" |
very sparingly.
For instance, I used it on the following packages:
| Code: | [ebuild UD] sys-apps/texinfo-4.3-r1 [4.5]
[ebuild UD] dev-db/mysql-3.23.56 [4.0.12]
[ebuild UD] media-libs/libgd-1.8.3-r6 [2.0.12]
[ebuild UD] dev-php/php-4.3.1 [4.3.1-r1]
[ebuild UD] sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.6.5 [2.7.0]
[ebuild UD] app-text/pinfo-0.6.5_p2-r1 [0.6.7]
[ebuild UD] dev-perl/Net-IRC-0.70-r2 [0.74]
[ebuild UD] x11-misc/xscreensaver-4.05-r3 [4.06-r2]
[ebuild UD] dev-perl/GD-1.32-r3 [2.06]
[ebuild UD] dev-php/mod_php-4.3.1 [4.3.1-r1]
[ebuild UD] sys-apps/smartmontools-5.0.45 [5.1.11]
[ebuild UD] app-arch/rar-3.0 [3.1.1]
[ebuild UD] net-www/mozilla-1.2.1-r5 [1.3-r1]
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And I had specific reasons for each one.
This is evil stuff. |
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MerlinTheWizard
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 10:59 pm Post subject: ok then |
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it makes sense that I got a newer mozilla with this option, then. Kinda makes sense that "tk" compile failed, too. 
Mozilla 1.3 works fine on my box. I know the gentoo team decided not to really support it nor any future version, if I'm not mistaken (not sure why). |
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