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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:05:18
Message-Id: 200911020804.18687.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it by Harry Putnam
1 On Monday 02 November 2009 04:17:43 Harry Putnam wrote:
2 > When a package comes up as masked in an eix search, they are usually
3 > found in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask, but if a particular
4 > masked package is not listed there... where else would it be.
5 >
6 > I see libtool is masked above version 1.5.26-r1, but is not in
7 > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask...
8
9 try syncing again, maybe you're just a little out of date there.
10
11 failing that, look in /etc/portage/package.mask*
12
13 > grep libtool /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask
14 > <nothing>
15 >
16 > Where else to look?
17 >
18 > Even this: search
19 > find /usr/portage/ -name 'package.mask' -exec grep libtool {} \;
20 > # Some weird libtool breakage on Solaris and Darwin
21
22 Well at least we know it's not hard-masked inside your profile itself :-)
23
24 --
25 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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[gentoo-user] Re: When masked pkg not in [...]profiles/package.mask, where is it Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>