Re: [gentoo-user] emacs-common-gentoo-1[X] mask

[Jorge Morais]

> > Looking at /usr/portage/app-editors/emacs/emacs-22.3-r2.ebuild, I see
> > that it depends unconditionally on app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo.
> > You cannot eliminate this dependency by changing USE flags.
> > The most natural solution is to tell Portage to accept the package
> > app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo, even though it is not officially stable.
> >
> > To learn how to do this, read the portage man page and look
> > for package.keywords.
> >
> > For quick, "cake recipe" instructions:
> >
> > 1) If there is a file named package.keywords in /etc/portage,
> > add to it the line
> > app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo
> >
> > 2) If there is a directory named package.keywords in /etc/portage,
> > you can create a file in it (the name of this file is irrelevant),
> > and add to this file the line
> > app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo
> > If there is already some file in /etc/portage/package.keywords, then,
> > at your option, you can either edit this file and add to it the line
> > app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo
> > or you can create a new file with this line.
> >
> Thank you very much for your prompt, clear, and comprehensive response.
>  Your suggestion solved the problem.
> Best regards,
> John
You are welcome. I forgot to stress something:
after some version of app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo
at least as recent as 1.0 becomes stable, you may want to
remove the line
app-emacs/emacs-common-gentoo
from the file you have edited, so that Portage will go back
to its normal behavior of seeking stable versions of the package.

Anyway, using a testing (not officially stable) version of a single,
simple package is unlikely to lead to problems.

I prefer to use stable, tested package versions in my system,
but one small exception for a small and simple package is harmless.

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