Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot find entrance!

[Mick]

On Tuesday 18 May 2010 23:22:03 Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > This is the first time I am dabbling with layman.  So it is likely I have
> > made some noob mistake, which I hope you can help me discover.
> >
> > I have installed layman-1.3.3 and then added the enlightenment overlay.
> > I have also added the snapshot keywords for enlightenment:
> >
> > # ls -l /etc/portage/package.keywords/enlightenment.keywords
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 May 18 21:28
> > /etc/portage/package.keywords/enlightenment.keywords ->
> > /var/lib/layman/enlightenment/scripts/package.keywords.snapshots
> >
> > entrance is unmasked in there:
> >
> > # cat /etc/portage/package.keywords/enlightenment.keywords | grep
> > entrance x11-misc/entrance ~*
> >
> > However, although I can see enlightenment, I have no success with
> > entrance:
> >
> > # emerge -upDv entrance
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> >
> > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "entrance".
> >
> >
> > What am I missing?  Please ask for supporting info as you need it.
>
> entrance no longer exists in the overlay, looks like it is gone for good:
>
> Changeset 372
>
> Timestamp:
>     02/28/10 14:01:41 (3 months ago)
> Author:
>     tommy
> Message:
>
>     x11-misc/ entrance: Remove entrance: old and unmaintained, there
> is currently a rewrite from scratch planned, but no ETA

  :-(

So, no Display Manager for enlightenment?  How do people start it up - it 
seems odd to use e.g. the u xdm to do the job.

PS.  Where did you find this note about entrance being deprecated Paul?
-- 
Regards,
Mick