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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:41:34
Message-Id: tkrat.75aa8e05d676e271@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts by Xav'
1 On 17 Oct, Xav' wrote:
2 > On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:42 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch
3 > <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
4 >> Hi,
5 >> hopefully someone can help me!
6 >>
7 >> Trying to update one of my machines I did
8 >>
9 >> emerge --update --deep --pretend world
10 >>
11 >> but it stops early with
12 >> All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-admin/system-tools-backends-1.3.0"
13 >> have been masked.
14 >> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
15 >> request:
16 >> - app-admin/system-tools-backends-2.6.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
17 >
18 > As portage tell you, you have to check the package.mask file in
19 > /etc/portage, where it seems that the version 1.3.0 is masked.
20
21 This doesn't contain a mask but
22 /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask contains
23 >=app-admin/system-tools-backends-2
24
25 So, is this a bug?
26
27 --
28 Helmut Jarausch
29
30 Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
31 RWTH - Aachen University
32 D 52056 Aachen, Germany

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Re: [gentoo-user] update world drives me nuts Dan Cowsill <danthehat@×××××.com>