Re: stable tree

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Hi John,

John White wrote:	[Tue Jul 20 2004, 05:08:53PM EDT]
> So I just installed gentoo on an HP zx2000 and i'm quite pleased,
> but I can't help but notice that there are numerous packages that have
> been masked but that build without problem and run just the same.  What
> would it take to get packages marked stable. =20

Create a bug report at bugs.gentoo.org and request for keywords to be
added or updated for a list of packages.

> Barring that, is there a way
> to make portage respect changes made to ebuilds locally?  For instance, I
> cracked open app-editor/joe/joe-3.0-r1.ebuild and added "ia64" to the
> KEYWORDS, is there a way to stop portage from overwritting these changes
> every time I sync? =20

You should create an overlay and set PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/make.conf
accordingly.

> I appologize if this has been covered previously, I
> was unable to find mention of it in the forrums.  Thanks in advance for
> any help.

No problem, welcome to gentoo-ia64!  Lots to do around here... ;-)

Regards,
Aron