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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge claws-mail
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:26:22
Message-Id: 20070704091219.388f014d@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge claws-mail by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 08:48:45 +0100
2 Neil Bothwick wrote:
3
4 > Hello David Relson,
5 >
6 > > > Because it is hard-masked in package.mask ;-) If you really want
7 > > > it you can unmask it in /etc/portage/package.unmask
8 >
9 > > At present, /etc/portage only has package.keywords. As
10 > > package.mask is not present, it's not hard masked.
11 >
12 > It is masked in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask.
13 >
14 > > Unmasking it in package.unmask does the trick. I guess I had
15 > > package.keywords and package.unmask confused. 'Tis time to re-read
16 > > the man pages.
17 >
18 > No, the two are different. package.unmask is used to override the
19 > profile package.mask.
20 >
21 > Incidentally, 2.10.0 is out now, but not yet in portage. Instead of
22 > installing the rc, copy /usr/portage/mail-client/claws-mail to your
23 > overlay and rename the ebuild to claws-mail-2.10.0.ebuild.
24
25 With the addition of "emerge .../claws-mail-2.10.0.ebuild digest", I've
26 got the 2.10.0 build running ...
27
28 Thanks for the suggestion Neil.
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