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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system is trying to install mask package
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:14:53
Message-Id: 20140206211458.GM4127@syscon7.ed.shawcable.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] system is trying to install mask package by Joseph
1 On 02/06/14 13:33, Joseph wrote:
2 >In /etc/portage/package.mask I have masked:
3 >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r2
4 >
5 >but emerge is trying to install it, why?
6 >
7 >emerge -avq xorg-server
8 > * Last emerge --sync was 45d 3h 42m 30s ago.
9 >[ebuild r UD] x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r2 [1.14.99.904] USE="ipv6 nptl suid udev xorg -dmx -doc -kdrive -minimal (-selinux) -static-libs -tslib -xnest -xvfb"
10 >
11 >The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
12 > (see "package.unmask" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
13 ># required by @__auto_slot_operator_replace_installed__ (argument)
14 ># /etc/portage/package.mask:
15 >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r2
16 >
17 >What is:
18 ># required by @__auto_slot_operator_replace_installed__ (argument)
19
20 Solved.
21 gdm display manager was pulling xorg-server-1.14
22 I unmerged "gdm"
23
24 --
25 Joseph