Re: [gentoo-amd64] XMMS and Mplayer

[Dieter Ries]

hi,

Am Dienstag 24 Oktober 2006 19:37 schrieb Mark Haney:
> So what's the deal with xmms and mplayer, when I went to update this
> morning, this is what I get:
>
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "media-sound/xmms" have been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
> request:
> - media-sound/xmms-1.2.10-r16 (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
> # Diego Pettenò <flameeyes@g.o> (23 Oct 2006)
> # Pending removal 23 November for multiple bugs
> # Use anything but this, like media-sound/audacious
> # media-sound/amarok media-sound/mpd media-sound/rythmbox
> # media-sound/muine media-sound/banshee
>
> - media-sound/xmms-1.2.10-r14 (masked by: package.mask)
> - media-sound/xmms-1.2.10-r15 (masked by: package.mask)
>
> For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
> refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
> (dependency required by "media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre8" [ebuild])

I had similar problems yesterday night, i unmasked all the packages and xmms 
is still fine as it was before. no crashes, no excessive cpu usage or 
anything. why are all those packages masked?

>
>
>
> !!! Problem resolving dependencies for media-video/mplayer
> !!! Depgraph creation failed.
>
> Are the two issues related?  Or separate?  And how do I fix it?

my pmlayer compiled without issues, so i dont think it is related.

>
>
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^^definitely...



cu

Dieter
>
> Mark Haney
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> ERC Broadband
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