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Thanks for the good link |
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> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 00:52 Uhr |
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> Von: "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> An: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Betreff: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued |
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> On Thu, 30 May 2019 00:37:14 +0200, n952162@×××.de wrote: |
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> > The next section of the response to my attempt to update portage is a |
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> > long list of packages, each terminated with a "(masked by: something or |
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> > other)". |
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> > What does that tell me. If it's masked, it shouldn't be available, |
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> > right? But, I've got it: |
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> > |
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> > - virtual/perl-parent-0.234.0-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) |
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> > |
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> > ls virtual/perl-parent/perl-parent-0.234.0-r1.ebuild |
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> > virtual/perl-parent/perl-parent-0.234.0-r1.ebuild |
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> > |
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> > Can I get rid of it? Is perl-parent always masked? |
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> grep perl-parent -r /etc/portage |
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> will tell you whether one of your config files is masking it. |
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> Since you have already admitted not updating config files for quite a |
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> while, I would tackle that task first, it may remove some of your other |
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> problems. You should read up on this in the Handbook |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/Tools |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> Guns don't kill people--it's those little pieces of lead. |
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