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From: Thomas Kirchner <lists@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: What trouble am I creating by commenting entries in [...]/packag.mask
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:13:35
Message-Id: 20060203200648.GC11645@halffull.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] What trouble am I creating by commenting entries in [...]/packag.mask by Harry Putnam
1 * On Feb 3 13:37, Harry Putnam (gentoo-user@l.g.o) wrote:
2 > But as I comment out the entries there are always more that turn up
3 > when I run emerge xvidtune again. I've commented about 8 so
4 > far.... but haven't done any real installing just seeing where this
5 > goes and need some coaching from someone who better understands what I
6 > might be getting into.
7
8 You shouldn't be editing any files in /usr/portage yourself - they'll
9 just be overwritten on your next emerge sync. Instead, put
10 "package-category/name" (without the quotes) into
11 /etc/portage/package.unmask . (If that file doesn't exist, create it.)
12
13 Tom
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[gentoo-user] Re: What trouble am I creating by commenting entries in [...]/packag.mask Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>