Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: John covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] is it safe to unmask sys-auth/policykit
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:38:05
Message-Id: 18266.54583.514376.780784@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] is it safe to unmask sys-auth/policykit by Rumen Yotov
1 on Saturday 12/08/2007 Rumen Yotov(rumen@××××××.org) wrote
2 > John covici ??????:
3 > > Sorry if this is a duplicate -- II never got it back, so I am sending
4 > > it again.
5 > >
6 > > Hi. I was trying to do an emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y world
7 > > and got the following error:
8 > >
9 > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-auth/policykit-0.6" have
10 > > been masked.
11 > > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
12 > > request:
13 > > - sys-auth/policykit-0.6 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
14 > > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
15 > > # Saleem Abdulrasool <compnerd@g.o> (23 Nov 2007)
16 > > # Mask this until we get the input and mounting issues worked out
17 > >
18 > > In view of this comment, should I unmaks it anyway and if not, how can
19 > > I get past this one?
20 > >
21 > > Any assistance would be appreciated.
22 > >
23 > Hi,
24 > Just add "-t"(--tree) to your emerge command, it'll probably show which
25 > app requires policykit.
26 > Then mask the update (not policykit) till the issues are fixed.
27 > Or omit --deep which could eventually help here.
28
29
30 Well it said that dependency required by "sys-apps/hal-0.5.10"
31 [ebuild] so how do I prevent the update of hal and still be able
32 to let the rest of them go through? The -t gave nothing more.
33
34 --
35 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
36 How do
37 you spend it?
38
39 John Covici
40 covici@××××××××××.com
41 --
42 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] is it safe to unmask sys-auth/policykit Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com>