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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:59:32
Message-Id: 20100418185853.2a9fb0d3@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package? by Tanstaafl
1 On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:00:40 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
2
3 > After masking gcc (and glibc - same argument there), I get:
4 >
5 > emerge -pev world
6 >
7 > <snip>
8 >
9 > Total: 351 packages (351 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 5 kB
10 > Portage tree and overlays:
11 > [0] /usr/portage
12 > [?] indicates that the source repository could not be determined
13 >
14 > !!! The following installed packages are masked:
15 > - sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 (masked by: package.mask)
16 > - sys-libs/glibc-2.10.1-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
17 > - sys-devel/gcc-4.3.4 (masked by: package.mask)
18 > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
19 > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
20
21 You could put it in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided too, so the
22 system knows it is there. But what's the big deal anyway, you could have
23 re-emerge gcc tens of times over in the time this thread has been running.
24
25 It's not as though you can't use your computer for other things while gcc
26 is compiling.
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29 --
30 Neil Bothwick
31
32 I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

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