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List:       gentoo-amd64
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-amd64] Just say hello
From:       "J. Ryan Earl" <heretic () clanhk ! org>
Date:       2004-05-05 1:07:15
Message-ID: 40983E43.30808 () clanhk ! org
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Rod Smith wrote:

>You seem to think that the tilde means that the package doesn't work on that 
>platform. That's not right; the tilde means that the package is known to 
>compile and work, but hasn't been well-tested, and so may have undiscovered 
>bugs. Such packages won't be installed by emerge unless you include the tilde 
>keyword in the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS environment variable or unless you explicitly 
>add the keyword in a configuration file (I've forgotten what it is offhand). 
>In my experience, most packages that are marked "~amd64" run just fine on my 
>system. That said, I wouldn't recommend setting ACCEPT_KEYWORDS to "~amd64" 
>on a permanent and system-wide basis; chances are that'll break SOMETHING.
>  
>
Ahhh, I see now.

-ryan

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