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From: Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 unmask problem
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:41:01
Message-Id: 43DF832F.1040602@planet.nl
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 unmask problem by Joksim
1 Joksim schreef:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > I'm having hard time unmasking and installing app-arch/rpm-4.2.1. I have
5 > tried with:
6 >
7 > package.keywords and with package.unmask
8 >
9 > =app-arch/rpm-4.2.1
10 > app-arch/rpm ~86
11 >
12 > but with no luck. What am I doing wrong.
13 >
14 RPM-4.2.1 is neither package masked nor arch masked for x86. It is
15 removed from/not available to the x86 tree, as well as several others
16 (amd64, ppc64, ppc macos).
17
18
19 eix rpm
20
21 * app-arch/rpm
22 Available versions: 4.0.4-r5 4.2 4.2-r1 -4.2.1
23
24 That's what that "-" means before the version number.
25
26 You can still install it though- if you really want; I would strongly
27 suggest checking the ChangeLog and b.g.o to find out what's going on,
28 since a package being made unavailable to any part of the Portage tree
29 indicates serious issues-- by adding the following to
30 /etc/portage/package.keywords:
31
32 app-arch/rpm -x86 (or -amd64 or -ppc64, or -ppc macos, depending on what
33 you're using)
34
35 But I wouldn't expect it to compile, or be worth the trouble it's likely
36 to cause you, all things considered.
37
38 HTH,
39 Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] app-arch/rpm-4.2.1 unmask problem Joksim <nbv.sa@×××××××.net>