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From: Kristian Poul Herkild <kristian@×××××××.dk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Restore - /usr/portage/packages
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:40:30
Message-Id: 20051201073428.M28124@herkild.dk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Restore - /usr/portage/packages by Joseph
1 On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:48:29 -0700, Joseph wrote
2 > I was constantly getting error after "emerge sync"
3 > so I removed "rm -r /usr/portage/packages".
4 >
5 > Now, for example openoffice-bin-1.1.5 will not upgrade automatically
6 > to "openoffice-bin-2.0". What is causing it? Is there a way to
7 > restore "/usr/portage/packages" ?
8 >
9 > Yes, I have created /usr/portage/packages - directory after removing
10 > it.
11 >
12 > --
13 > #Joseph
14 > --
15 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
16
17 OOo2 is masked as testing ( ~x86).
18
19 You have to add OOo to package.keywords before you can update it.
20
21 Kristian Poul Herkild
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Re: [gentoo-user] Restore - /usr/portage/packages Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net>