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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Masked package needs itsself ?
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:32:40
Message-Id: 200908260946.26624.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Masked package needs itsself ? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Wednesday 26 August 2009 05:10:18 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > > Sorry, I'm not following what you're trying to say :P
3 >
4 > jpeg-7 is masked, Without it any update process stops with this
5 > failure. jpeg-7 needs itsself to update jpeg-7 (according the output
6 > I posted).
7
8 Incorrect. Something else is pulling it in and you snipped that output. Your
9 initial post only says that emerge wants to include jpeg and it won't emerge
10 version 7 as it is unstable and your box is stable.
11
12 It's from some package that specifically wants jpeg-7 as opposed to just jpeg.
13 Most likely netpbm which is hardcoded to DEPEND on jpeg-7.
14
15 --
16 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Masked package needs itsself ? Roy Wright <roy@××××××.org>