Re: [gentoo-user] how updating to gnome3 ?!

[David Abbott]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
<daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
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> On March 12, 2012 at 10:04 AM Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com> wrote:
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>> and it still didn't bring me the desired result :(
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>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>> [ebuild   R    ] gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1-r1  USE="cdr cups dvdr ldap
>> policykit -accessibility -mono" 0 kB
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>> Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
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>> !!! The following update has been skipped due to unsatisfied
> dependencies:
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>> gnome-base/gnome:2.0
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>> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-wm/mutter-3.2.1" have been
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>> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
>> request:
>> - x11-wm/mutter-3.2.2::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)
>> - x11-wm/mutter-3.2.1-r1::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)
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>> (dependency required by "gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1" [ebuild])
>> For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
>> man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
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>> tamer@office /etc/portage $
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> Being new to ebuilds, forgive me if I'm wrong, but the requirement is
> stated in the gnome-3.2.1.ebuild:
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>>=x11-wm/mutter-${PV}
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> as also stated in your output above.
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> You probably have flags for gnome:2.0 all over /etc/portage/package.* also.
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> Certainly someone more experienced will soon clarify.
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> Bruce
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Each one you get you will need to add to your package.keywords file.
This is what I would have to do;
echo "x11-wm/mutter" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords/gnome3