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On Monday 26 May 2008, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> I'm puzzled by the output of 'eix' in respect to several, and some |
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> associated odd behavior of |
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> emerge. I'll use as an example dev-perl/Expect. It's installed, but |
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> I don't understand what eix |
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> is trying to tell me about it with the [D] at the beginning of the |
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> report, or the "*" associated |
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> with the Available versions strings. |
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> The questions: |
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> 1. what do these mean, and what was interfering with emerge |
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> -aDNvu this morning? |
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The '*' is described in man eix, line 541, thusly: |
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*3.3.3 This means the version is "masked by missing keyword" |
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but stable for an alien architecture. |
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Dunno what the 'D' means, but I would resume it means that eix thinks |
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you have to downgrade Expect to a version the is not masked by missing |
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keyword. |
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Can't answer up on your emerge problem, as you neglected to describe |
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it :-) |
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> 2. (probably more important) how do I find this out for myself in |
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> the future? |
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man eix |
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be sure to reserve a semester for a thorough study of this fascinating |
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subject |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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