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From: Marius Mauch <genone@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Around 425 non-existent packages in p.mask?
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:02:26
Message-Id: 20051123155842.37c76dad@sven.genone.homeip.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Around 425 non-existent packages in p.mask? by Alin Nastac
1 On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:26:03 +0200
2 Alin Nastac <mrness@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Marius Mauch wrote:
5 >
6 > >>If not, i *personally* could go slowly removing the entries, along
7 > >>with other people willing to help, or any other _better_ suggestion
8 > >>to deal with this?
9 > >>
10 > >>
11 > >
12 > >Don't do this without explicitly checking with the maintainer for a
13 > >package (if existant). Generally redundant entries in package.mask
14 > >don't hurt, so if it's not absolutely clear that the entry is not
15 > >needed anymore keep it.
16 > >
17 > >
18 > >
19 >
20 > Hmm.. I fail to see why package.mask shouldn't be cleaned without
21 > everyone's consent.
22 > Assuming the script is correct, why would you contact the maintainer
23 > of package foe when the oldest version in the current tree is bigger
24 > than the masked one?
25
26 Because there are more scenarios than the one you see.
27
28 Marius
29
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32
33 In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be
34 Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Around 425 non-existent packages in p.mask? "Luis F. Araujo" <araujo@g.o>