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From: John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to prevent portage from installing masked package
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2018 20:30:02
Message-Id: m3r2h2q0o8.wl-covici@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] how to prevent portage from installing masked package by Rich Freeman
1 On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:55:53 -0400,
2 Rich Freeman wrote:
3 >
4 > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 2:04 PM John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > >
6 > > So, I have not been able to figure this out, it did not abort and
7 > > wants to install the masked package, so hear is the whole output ---
8 > > thanks for all your help.
9 > >
10 >
11 > What is the actual package.mask set to? Does the same mask cover both
12 > the installed and upgraded version of gtk+? It seems odd to me that
13 > emerge would even offer the option to continue if a package was
14 > masked. You might want to check with the portage team.
15
16 The line in my /etc/portage/package.mask says
17 >x11-libs/gtk+-3.22.30
18
19 How do I get in touch with the portage team?
20
21 --
22 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
23 How do
24 you spend it?
25
26 John Covici wb2una
27 covici@××××××××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to prevent portage from installing masked package Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] how to prevent portage from installing masked package Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>