Re: [gentoo-user] Blocks with xz-utils lzma-utils

[Neil Bothwick]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:35:20 -0600, Dale wrote:

> >> I may just go back to a more stable setup.
> >>
> >
> > Like the standard KDE 4 in portage?
> >
>
> Which doesn't do what I need for it to be usable?

Like? I only switched to 4 recently, but I'm quite happy with it in the
main.

> >> Oh well.  I just wish they had supported KDE 3 longer cause KDE 4 is
> >> just not ready for what I do.  I get a screen full of crap about KDE
> >> 3 being masked when updating too.  Sort of bugs me.
> >>
> >
> > Add the kde-sunset overlay and all that will disappear. KDE3 still
> > works on Gentoo, it's just not supported in portage any more.
> >
>
> I already have kde-sunset and I still get those messages.  I don't know
> if it is because it is leaving portage or if it is even being removed
> from kde-sunset.  I just know I get them and it increases each time I
> sync.

You need to add stuff to package.unmask. AFAIR the overlay contains a
file that you can copy/symlink there. The messages should go away in due
course anyway, once KDE3 is actually removed from portage rather than
being there but masked.

> I know this, KDE has left a really bad taste in my mouth with how they
> handled this release.  They should have supported KDE 3 until KDE-4.5,
> or at least KDE 4.4 was out and stable.  Right now, I can't go a day in
> KDE 4.  I'm always running into something that doesn't "work" yet.

I used to think that, but soon realised it does work, just slightly
differently. There are still some really annoying "features" though. But
if the Gentoo KDE team don't want to support it, that's there choice. If
you don't like it, you can always ask for your money back ;-)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"This project is so important, we can't let things that are more
important interfere with it."