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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update to portage 2.2
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:55:42
Message-Id: 200902261654.13354.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] update to portage 2.2 by Alejandro
1 On Thursday 26 February 2009 16:08:40 Alejandro wrote:
2 > 2009/2/26 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
3 >
4 > > On Thursday 26 February 2009 14:41:22 Alejandro wrote:
5 > > > I just upgraded to the latatest portage version rc23 or similar. Added
6 > >
7 > > the
8 > >
9 > > > set file linked in the KDE 4.x guide in /etc/portage/sets/kde. also
10 > > > unmasked all the packes also linked in the same guide I see a set
11 > > > called kde, but still i can't install kde because i get blocks and
12 > > > non-existant sets... so better i will wait to instll kde and also use
13 > > > the new version
14 > >
15 > > of
16 > >
17 > > > portage.
18 > >
19 > > You are doing something wrong, as that exact same config works here. Do
20 > > you have the kde-testing overlay installed? Did you emerge @kde-4.2 or
21 > > emerge @kde? The latter will give you you the latest unstable snapshots
22 > > which may or
23 > > may not work. Use these links, etc:
24 > >
25 > > alan@nazgul ~ $ ls -al /etc/portage/package.keywords/kde*
26 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 85 Feb 11 17:15
27 > > /etc/portage/package.keywords/kde-4.2 -
28 > >
29 > > > /var/portage/local/layman/kde-
30 > >
31 > > testing/Documentation/package.keywords/kde-4.2.keywords
32 > > alan@nazgul ~ $ ls -al /etc/portage/package.unmask/kde*
33 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 76 Feb 26 09:46
34 > > /etc/portage/package.unmask/kde-4.2 ->
35 > >
36 > > /var/portage/local/layman/kde-testing/Documentation/package.unmask/kde-4.
37 > >2.0
38 > >
39 > > Then copy the set file from
40 > > $PORTDIR/local/layman/kde-testing/sets/kde-4.2 to
41 > > /etc/portage/sets, then run
42 > >
43 > > emerge -av @kde-4.2
44 > >
45 > > If you don't have the overlay installed, I can send you then files as
46 > > attachments if you want.
47 > >
48 > >
49 > > --
50 > > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
51 >
52 > Thanks Alan, please send me the file i am not using the kde-overlay. I will
53 > try again tonight. Many thanks!
54 >
55 > Cheers!.
56
57
58 kde-4.2 set file. Copy to /etc/portage/sets/
59 kde-4.2.keywords keywords. Copy to /etc/portage/package.keywords/
60 kde-4.2.0 unmask. I don't think you need this.
61 It's here just in case.
62
63 --
64 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] update to portage 2.2 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>