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From: Boris Fersing <kernelsensei@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] skype masked because of eula?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:05:19
Message-Id: f9d564ad1001260004x4fd19984je04cbdde60c89e58@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] skype masked because of eula? by Mick
1 Hi,
2
3 add to your /etc/portage/package.license :
4
5 net-im/skype skype-eula
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7 This will unmask skype.
8
9 regards,
10
11 Boris
12
13 On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 08:27, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
14 > This is confusing me ...
15 >
16 > I have skype-2.0.0.72 installed for some time now.  eix -l skype shows:
17 >
18 > [I] net-im/skype
19 >     Available versions:
20 >                        2.0.0.72!m!s "amd64 x86" [qt-static]
21 >                ~       2.1.0.81+i!m!s "~amd64 ~x86" [qt-static]
22 >     Installed versions:  2.0.0.72!m!s(06:22:21 04/15/09)(-qt-static)
23 >     Homepage:            http://www.skype.com/
24 >     Description:         A P2P-VoiceIP client.
25 >
26 > However, after updating portage I see:
27 >
28 > Calculating dependencies... done!
29 >
30 > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB
31 >
32 > !!! The following installed packages are masked:
33 > - net-im/skype-2.0.0.72 (masked by: skype-eula license(s))
34 > A copy of the 'skype-eula' license is located at '/usr/portage/licenses/skype-
35 > eula'.
36 >
37 > Is portage telling me that I need to do something about the eula?  eix does
38 > not show this version as being masked.
39 > --
40 > Regards,
41 > Mick
42 >
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