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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boost-1.63 dependency confusion
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:36:16
Message-Id: 45775744.6OQMxuOhFG@peak
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] boost-1.63 dependency confusion by Mick
1 On Saturday, 11 November 2017 12:20:35 GMT Mick wrote:
2 > On Saturday, 11 November 2017 11:45:16 GMT you wrote:
3 > > >The confusion is all mine, because I cannot decipher what is masking
4 >
5 > > >dev-util/ boost-build-1.63:
6 > [snip ...]
7 >
8 > > >I see that 1.63.0 and 1.65.0 have no slot defined, but I'm not sure
9 > > >what is causing this.
10 > >
11 > > This is caused by a portage bug. See b.g.o #554838
12 > > Updating to unstable portage-2.3.13 resolved the problem for me.
13 > >
14 > > DaveF
15 >
16 > Thanks DaveF, I'll update portage at some point and try again.
17
18 I had boost-build apparently masked too, but I solved it accidentally by
19 emerging boost, which pulled in boost-build. It all went swimmingly then.
20
21 --
22 Regards,
23 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] boost-1.63 dependency confusion Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>