Bug 232086 – sys-apps/portage: add an option for skipping a specific package

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Pacho Ramos 2008-07-17 16:18:32 UTC]

Sometimes would be interesting being able to skip build of a package, for example, when I run:
# emerge -avuDN world

sometimes I have to update packages like "mozilla-firefox" that needs some time for building and merging and I need to turn off my machine soon. I think that would be great being able to run something like:
# emerge -avuDN world --skip www-client/mozilla-firefox

for letting portage update smaller packages and leave firefox for merging in the future (when I have more time)

Thanks a lot

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Zac Medico 2008-07-18 00:22:52 UTC]

See `man portage` for /etc/portage/package.mask usage information.

echo ">www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.11" >> /etc/portage/package.mask

[Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2008-07-18 11:38:56 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> See `man portage` for /etc/portage/package.mask usage information.
> 
> echo ">www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.11" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
> 

But I would prefer only skip it temporally, but, from other point of view I understand that package.mask can also be used for this purpose, then, OK, thanks and sorry for the inconvenience

[Comment 3 Zac Medico 2008-08-16 02:29:22 UTC]

*** Bug 234876 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***