Re: [gentoo-user] serious problems trying to go to new abi_x86_32 support

[Mike Gilbert]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM,  <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM,  <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
>> > Hi.  So, I am trying to go to the new support for abi_x86_32, so I
>> > unmerged all the emul_x86 packages (after doing quickpkg on them,
>> > because I am a coward), and then it was complaining that I should run
>> > emerge @preserved-rebuild which I did and every time I run that, it
>> > gives me another package to change its use flag to add abi_x86_32.
>> > After doing some 70 of those (a pain), I get to something which I cannot
>> > solve.  At some early point portage suggested that I run --newuse
>> > --update when doing this, but now I am down to the following:
>> > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy
>> > ">=sys-apps/systemd-212-r5:0/2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]"
>> > have been masked.
>> > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
>> > request:
>> > - sys-apps/systemd-9999::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, missing
>> > keyword)
>> > /etc/portage/package.mask:
>> > #need that system because of older kernel
>>
>> I'm confused. Are you saying that you have sys-apps/systemd in
>> /etc/portage/package.mask?
> ]
> I had to mask off later versions of systemd because I cannot use a
> kernel which is required by later versions of systemd.

Later than what? What version of systemd do you have installed?

There is probably no way to resolve the situation you are in if you
cannot rebuild systemd with the appropriate use flags.