Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] skype masked because of eula?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:05:56
Message-Id: 358eca8f1001260404v715e3a7dte1286974fa3e2452@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] skype masked because of eula? by "John H. Moe"
1 2010/1/26 John H. Moe <johnmoe@××××××××××××.au>:
2 > Mick wrote:
3 >> This is confusing me ...
4 >>
5 >> I have skype-2.0.0.72 installed for some time now.  eix -l skype shows:
6 >>
7 >> [I] net-im/skype
8 >>      Available versions:
9 >>                         2.0.0.72!m!s "amd64 x86" [qt-static]
10 >>                 ~       2.1.0.81+i!m!s "~amd64 ~x86" [qt-static]
11 >>      Installed versions:  2.0.0.72!m!s(06:22:21 04/15/09)(-qt-static)
12 >>      Homepage:            http://www.skype.com/
13 >>      Description:         A P2P-VoiceIP client.
14 >>
15 >> However, after updating portage I see:
16 >>
17 >> Calculating dependencies... done!
18 >>
19 >> Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB
20 >>
21 >> !!! The following installed packages are masked:
22 >> - net-im/skype-2.0.0.72 (masked by: skype-eula license(s))
23 >> A copy of the 'skype-eula' license is located at '/usr/portage/licenses/skype-
24 >> eula'.
25 >>
26 >> Is portage telling me that I need to do something about the eula?  eix does
27 >> not show this version as being masked.
28 >>
29 > 1. Go to Google (or your favourite search engine)
30 > 2. Search for "gentoo license mask"
31 > 3. Follow instructions from several previous threads
32
33 Nice, thanks. :-)
34 --
35 Regards,
36 Mick