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On Wednesday 26 August 2009 04:37:07 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 08/26/2009 05:32 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > while trying to update my gentoo I got this: |
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> > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=media-libs/jpeg-7" have been |
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> > masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete |
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> > your request: - media-libs/jpeg-7 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) |
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> > I read this as jpeg-7 needs jpeg-7 to update itsself and cannot cause |
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> > it is masked. |
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> > I dont like to update to jpeg-7 since this package is used in so many |
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> > othe rprograms and it is masked. |
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> Don't mask it. Install it, but also install media-libs/jpeg-compat |
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> alongside it so packages won't break. |
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I'm having a hard time imagining how a package like jpeg could cause breakage. |
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Such breakage would cause half the apps on any typical workstation to have to |
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be rebuilt or worse - recoded. |
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Surely, surely not? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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