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Johan Tibell wrote: |
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> Branched from a question to Chris regarding using masked packages when |
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> building a minimal CD. |
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>> > Hi, |
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>> > |
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>> > I'm trying to build my own version of the 2006.0 minimal CD with |
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>> > madwifi support (I realize that madwifi is unstable). I've added a |
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>> > madwifi to the use flag section and madwifi-driver to the package |
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>> > section. I can't run "catalyst -f livecd-stage1-minimal-madwifi.spec" |
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>> > though since madwifi-driver is masked (error attached below). How do I |
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>> > unmask a package for the build? |
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>> |
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>> You cannot. You need to unmask it in your snapshot, or use |
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>> portage_overlay to create a portage overlay. |
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> I found a portage_confdir variable in one of the .spec file that I can |
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> have point at a package.keywords file. Can you confirm that this is a |
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> way to use masked packages? |
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You can use this method, however, it is probably better just to remove the mask |
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in your snapshot. |
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Andrew Gaffney http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/ |
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Gentoo Linux Developer Installer Project |
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