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Hi, everyone |
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I'm sending this question here because media-libs/ploticus is not masked |
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on x86. |
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The whole story: |
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Since I need this package I unmasked it several months ago by: |
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echo media-libs/ploticus >>/etc/portage/package.unmask |
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Then I emerged it w/o problem and currently I have |
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media-libs/ploticus-2.32 installed. Yesterday (after a scheduled daily |
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sync) portage started to complain like this: |
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emerge -DuN world -pv |
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!!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all |
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!!! masked or don't exist: |
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media-libs/ploticus |
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emerge -pv media-libs/ploticus |
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!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "media-libs/ploticus" have been masked. |
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!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your |
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request: |
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- media-libs/ploticus-2.33 (masked by: missing keyword) |
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- media-libs/ploticus-2.32 (masked by: missing keyword) |
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Following "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#keyword" I did: |
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echo "media-libs/ploticus ~* *" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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..but the result is the same. |
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What should I do in order make portage stop complaining? |
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P.S. |
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1) I'm fine with the currently installed version of ploticus and I don't |
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care about the version, since I use the most basic functionality which I |
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expect is included in all the versions. |
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2) Catch-22: |
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According to the x86 handbook "missing keyword" means the package isn't |
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tested and that's why it is masked. In order to get it unmasked one |
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should send a request to the testing team or test it for them and report |
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the results. Well, no one can test the package because he/she can't |
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install it in the first place because the package is masked. |
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;-))) |
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Best regards, |
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Daniel |
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