[Cuis-dev] Packages Held Back

[ken.dickey at whidbey.com]

Ah.  Does not work.

The Stable/HeldBack case works as expected, but given the depth-first 
search the same HeldBack package may be found by a search from the 
Current/Devel image.

Sigh.

-KenD
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On 2024-05-30 07:55, ken.dickey--- via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Just an idea..
> 
> Given how package requirements are searched, to hold back a package to
> a given version: Save+add the old version to a directory
> PackagesHeld<version> in the Cuis<version> repo.
> 
> 
> Example: I find that making changes to 'Morphic-Games-Solitaire' for
> current (7.1) has broken usage in Cuis6-2 (or Cuis7-0).
> 
> [A] I find a previous version which works by checking GIT repo.
> 
> [B] I `git add` this old, working version to
>     Cuis6-2/PackagesHeld6-2/Morphic-Games-Solitaire.pck.st
> and/or
>     Cuis7-0/PackagesHeld7-0/Morphic-Games-Solitaire.pck.st
> 
> And then life continues as usual.. I update the required base-version
> in current/latest, which prevents older, stable images from loading
> latest package.
> 
> The Stable releases search first locally, so they find the "held back"
> package but Current (7.1) gets the latest from the typical location.
> 
> $0.02,
> -KenD