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From: James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I keep baselayout-1?
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:28:19
Message-Id: CA+hid6Hjeh8HBdhYLTvyV5sG-yUnupYhCjhHamZQFNe7kK9PqA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How can I keep baselayout-1? by Jarry
1 On 8 December 2011 11:17, Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I just upgraded gcc and after switching to the new version
5 > I want to update system too. But it wants to emerge
6 > baselayout-2 as dependency of system:
7 >
8 > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "sys-apps/baselayout" have
9 > !!! been masked. One of the following masked packages is required
10 > !!! to complete your request:
11 > - sys-apps/baselayout-2.1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask,
12 >  ~amd64 keyword)
13 > /etc/portage/package.mask:
14 > - sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.3::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
15 > (dependency required by "@system" [argument])
16 >
17 > I do not want to upgrade to baselayout-2, but I want to
18 > re-emerge system. So how can I do it now, when all 1.x
19 > versions have been removed from portage?
20
21 I think that the standard answer is "you can't". I mean, you could
22 fetch an old copy of the ebuild from cvs, and add it to a local
23 overlay, but you'd be completely unsupported (unsupportable?).
24
25 A better question would be - Why do you want to?

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I keep baselayout-1? Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] How can I keep baselayout-1? Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com>