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Old 11-12-2009, 05:29 PM   #1
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downgrade xorg


Is there any way to downgrade xorg /xserver under gentoo?

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Old 11-12-2009, 05:44 PM   #2
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Yes, you can emerge a specific version of a package.

You can also use package.mask to limit the version installed in the future.
 
Old 11-12-2009, 05:50 PM   #3
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example:

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# emerge -av =x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.4
 
  


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