Re: [gentoo-user] how to prevent portage from installing masked package

[John Covici]

On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 19:11:40 -0400,
Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 4:29 PM John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:55:53 -0400,
> > Rich Freeman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 2:04 PM John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So, I have not been able to figure this out, it did not abort and
> > > > wants to install the masked package, so hear is the whole output ---
> > > > thanks for all your help.
> > > >
> > >
> > > What is the actual package.mask set to?  Does the same mask cover both
> > > the installed and upgraded version of gtk+?  It seems odd to me that
> > > emerge would even offer the option to continue if a package was
> > > masked.  You might want to check with the portage team.
> >
> > The line in my /etc/portage/package.mask says
> > >x11-libs/gtk+-3.22.30
>
> Are you sure you don't have it also unmasked in package.unmask or similar?
>
> It looks like the version you already have installed is masked.  So,
> perhaps portage doesn't consider upgrading from an already-installed
> masked version to a newer masked version a problem.
>
> >
> > How do I get in touch with the portage team?
>
> Well, aside from pinging on IRC you could file a bug.  I'm not sure if
> it is behaving as expected since you already have a masked package
> installed.
>
> I'm actually surprised it didn't try to downgrade gtk+ to an older
> version, unless something else needs the installed version.  Or unless
> you have it unmasked someplace else.

Ahhh, that was the secret, I had a huge unmask file originally for
gnome -- a much older version and there it was, >gtk+3.21 .

Thanks a lot for your help and I will now see if it behaves better.

And yep, it is now working as expected.

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