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From: Rumen Yotov <rumen@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] is it safe to unmask sys-auth/policykit
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:08:38
Message-Id: 475ACE6B.7000201@qrypto.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] is it safe to unmask sys-auth/policykit by John covici
1 John covici написа:
2 > Sorry if this is a duplicate -- II never got it back, so I am sending
3 > it again.
4 >
5 > Hi. I was trying to do an emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y world
6 > and got the following error:
7 >
8 > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-auth/policykit-0.6" have
9 > been masked.
10 > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
11 > request:
12 > - sys-auth/policykit-0.6 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
13 > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
14 > # Saleem Abdulrasool <compnerd@g.o> (23 Nov 2007)
15 > # Mask this until we get the input and mounting issues worked out
16 >
17 > In view of this comment, should I unmaks it anyway and if not, how can
18 > I get past this one?
19 >
20 > Any assistance would be appreciated.
21 >
22 Hi,
23 Just add "-t"(--tree) to your emerge command, it'll probably show which
24 app requires policykit.
25 Then mask the update (not policykit) till the issues are fixed.
26 Or omit --deep which could eventually help here.
27 Rumen
28
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