how to "lock" a package?

revoohc · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Oct 2002 Posts: 128

I need some help with emerge. I have updated my nvidia kernel module and nvidia glx to the newest version that was released a day or two ago (I used a temp ~x86 to get the build). Now when I do an emerge -up world to see what is ready to be upgraded on my emerge wants to upgrade. Since I am not normally running the testing/unstable with the ~x86 flag, it is wanting to downgrade my nvidia stuff.

How can I get emerge to "lock" my nivida packages when I to the upgrade?

Thanks,

Chris

AlterEgo · Veteran Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 1619

as root, find /var/cache/edb/world,
and add the version-number after the nvidia-kernel and -glx entries.

example:
media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.4349

This will block any upgrades, and I think also downgrades.

revoohc · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Oct 2002 Posts: 128

This did not work. I went as far as to remove both nvidia lines from the world file and even did an emerge sync just to make sure everything is up to date. However after all this and verifying that the nvidia packages are not in the world file, emerge -up world still wants to downgrade the packages!

Please help as this does not make any since from what I understand of the emerge system. I thought if the package is not in the world file, then emerge would not mess with it unless you specifically told it to.

Thanks,

Chris

shadow303 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 101

Something is fishy with the version pinning. I have my nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel pinned in the world file, but it wants to downgrade them anyway. I have this happening on two machines. On the one machine, it calls the kernel downgrade an upgrade. If I use the --upgradeonly option, it avoids the downgrade, but I shouldn't need to use upgradeonly. I have also noticed that if I try using the upgradeonly and deep options, emerge chokes:

floam · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 11:48 pm Post subject:

uh, its not that complicated, just inject the old versions. do emerge inject /path/to/old/nvidia-kernel.ebuild and the same for glx

shadow303 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 101

Yeah, that would probably get around the problem, but it is a cludge. Clearly there is something that needs addressed with portage. It would be better to get it fixed than to bandaid around it.

rtn · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Posts: 427

This is what I use to keep postgres from being updated:

shadow303 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 101

Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. I wonder what the problem is.